Is That the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
I stood on the corner, adjusting my tripod to get a level shot of the "Choo-Choo" sign gleaming over Terminal Station [...]
Folk Art at Atlanta’s High Museum
One thing I love to do when traveling is visit art museums. It tells me something about a city I [...]
Vaccines for Asia Travel
Even though the start date has been pushed back to October (or even later, though I hope not), we are [...]
Denver’s Black Lives Matter! Conference
In the few short months that it has existed, Denver Freedom Riders has already begun to make waves in the [...]
Photo Lesson in Denver: Canon 14 mm, f 2.8, L series
When I rented a 14 mm lens recently, I found myself trying to zoom the entire weekend. I am almost exclusively [...]
Five Exercises to Keep Your Back Strong While Traveling
Copyright: ra2studio / 123RF Stock Photo As my husband and I plan our trip to Asia, I worry [...]
Day’s Inn in Hays Is Under WRAPS
On our way back from Kansas City to Denver, we stopped at the Day's Inn in Hays, Kansas. The next [...]
Do Drop Inn on Kinsley, Kansas
I've driven from Denver to Kansas City so many times that I need to vary the routine any way I [...]
GrowHaus: Fish and Greens in Elyria-Swansea
Last Friday I wasn't having the best morning after a restless night. I had intended to take the public tour [...]
Native American Museum on the Outer Banks
The Frisco Native American Museum on the Outer Banks is a place of disjointed memory and reconstruction of the past. [...]
Navajo Nation Zoo Cares for Native Animals
The Navajo Nation Zoological and Botanical Park is the only zoo I have visited that did not sadden me. Located [...]
Skoy Reusable Kitchen Cloths Are Colorful and Inexpensive
Reusable kitchen products have always interested me, ever since the days when my father saved paper napkins to reuse at [...]
Ascetics Make Better Travelers
I've always had an ascetic streak that strives to overcome my love of clothes and home furnishings and food. When Todd and [...]
Birds and BBQ Sauce
Today is the first warm day in Denver since Sunday, and by warm I mean 43 degrees Fahrenheit. I actually [...]
American Winter Film Is Passionate and Devastating
I went to see American Winter, a film about American families struggling to survive during a "recovery." The screening was put on by Energy Outreach Colorado, which distributes federal funds and donations to people who need help with their energy bills. If you are in Denver and in need of assistance, call 211 for help finding all kinds of services..
Finding Birds in Asia
Yesterday I began what I quickly realized would be a gargantuan task: deciding where to bird on our trip to [...]
Schedule Social Time to Avoid Loneliness While Traveling
Loneliness was often my companion on my trip to England in April 2014. I had not expected that. Once there, [...]
Pallet Fest: Denver’s First UpCycle Festival
I love buying upcycled goods. For example, a quilt. Or this shelf produced by Habitat for Humanity Colorado's ReBuild program [...]
A Room with a Lift. And Art.
How could a lover of Jane Austen's works not stay in Regency Square when visiting Brighton? Especially as it was [...]
Outer Banks Before the Storm
Beth and Todd spend a week in the Outer Banks, getting out just as Hurricane Sandy was coming in.
Nonstop Music at Riot Fest
Concert photography is fun and I haven't done much lately (only here and there since Bumbershoot in 2011), so Riot Fest [...]
Planning to Make Travel into Work
Beth explores her options for work after Asia.
Bring On the Pollinators (Bees, Hummingbirds, etc.)
To attract pollinators, plant these bloomers that are native to the southwestern United States.
Subtleties of Indonesian at Warung Tujuh, Brighton
Two days after I landed in England, I strolled along the seafront to East Street (the original eastern boundary of Brighton), [...]
It’s California Everywhere You Look
Less than a week ago I left the Bay Area for my little apartment in Denver, and here I am [...]