During Wreaths Across America Day, my husband and I walked down a row of graves towards the macadam at Arlington National Cemetery to head to our car. I had my trusty trekking poles, but it was still slow-going for me in the uneven, hilly Section 33. As we got closer…
In an otherwise empty field at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC, there are twenty-two massive Corinthian sandstone columns that were a part of the US Capitol’s east portico from 1828 to 1958. When the Capitol dome, familiar to us all, was completed decades earlier in the 1860s, it made…
If I saw this photo on a dating app, I would swipe right all day . . . and night . . . long. Those high beakbones. Those beautiful eyes. Those muscular thighs. Some might want tall, dark and handsome. Small, green and feathered is right for me. #sisterrain…
Having visited the Hobbit House at The Brothers Greenhouses in Port Orchard, Washington for the first time in the fall of 2024 (click here for Such A Fine Sight – Part 4), I wanted to return on our most recent trip during the last week of November of 2025. I…
Driving along the coast in Washington state, I saw what I thought was a small boat by itself in the water. I asked my husband if that was what it was and he confirmed that I was correct. Completely without emotion, I commented, “Isn’t it crazy that I can’t see…
I have checked into many a hotel in my day, especially when I was a corporate meeting manager. I know the drill and always approach the front desk with my photo ID in hand. During a recent hotel stay, leaving our luggage with my husband, I said I would go…
Titled “Public Figures,” this piece of public art was created by Do Ho Suh in 2024 and is located outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC. What’s the big deal, you may be wondering. Large white pedestals can be found under statues all over the city….
I am able to see images and text much better on the iPad than I am with my eyes. It has something to do with the bright and light and, of course, the fact that I can enlarge everything. Enlargement is key! It is sometimes surprising when I look at…
An eight-day trip to California, where my husband and I would fly to San Francisco, tour the city, head to Yosemite, then back to the coast, driving south to Los Angeles, would require a plan. Carefully selecting the cities that most interested us, we opted not to restrict ourselves to…
