August 16th, 2026 | Architecture and Design, General, Memory, Travel, United States
I learned something new about hotels. Apparently, these days, you need to inform the Front Desk if you expect housekeeping to tidy your room. Who knew? I definitely didn’t get the memo. Doing This And That Anticipating those covered bridges, I reconsidered living...
August 14th, 2026 | Architecture and Design, General, Travel, United States, visual arts
Winterset is about half an hour’s drive from the airport side of Des Moines, and there is a choice of routes. The most direct route is also the most lovely. Veterans Parkway and mostly Cummings Road glide through the rolling hills and fields of corn unencumbered with...
August 10th, 2026 | General, Popular Culture, social media, Technology and Internet, Travel, United States
You do know that the evil overlords who created the mobile-phone culture control every aspect of our lives, yes? If you have any doubt about that, put your cell away for 24 hours. Try to do any of your normal activities. Start trying to access anything which requires...
January 6th, 2024 | Architecture and Design, General, Memory, Travel, United States, visual arts
A fine January 5th, cold, a little windy, just what I would expect in Boston. I had an appointment with Adam at The Charles Realty scheduled for eleven o’clock. Otherwise my day was my own. Old South Old South Church is only a couple doors down from the hotel, on the...
January 5th, 2024 | Family, General, Memory, Travel, United States
The omens were mixed for this trip. I almost missed the exit to 895 as I was driving south on I-95. I headed to the bus stop at long-term parking at BWI, nearly forgetting my suitcase. The Southwest flight took off about 20 minutes after it was supposed to have landed...
September 27th, 2020 | Europe, General, Health, Society at Large, Travel, United States
As of 8:00 pm March 30, 2020, Governor Hogan’s “Stay At Home” order went into effect. This is a deadly public health crisis—we are no longer asking or suggesting that Marylanders stay home, we are directing them to do so. No Maryland resident should be leaving their...