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March 4, 2013

Haunted Fairhaven: Meeting Orbs and Learning about the Ghosts

Taimi Dunn Gorman met us in the ground floor lobby of the Victorian era Sycamore Square building in Fairhaven, a glass of wine beside her and a glowing device on the table. The TV-remote sized machine picks up waves that ghosts make, and she has used in during her research […]

March 4, 2013

Dorie and John Belisle’s Bellewood Acres: Doing Everything with Apples

From the top of her deck, Dorie Belisle showed me the sweep of farms and the array of crops that this part of Washington raises…to the left, a herd of holstein milking cows, then blueberry and raspberry bushes, then pumpkins, potatoes, apples, and on and on. We were touring the […]

March 3, 2013

In Minneapolis, I Saw the Future of Airport Restaurant Dining

When I missed the connection to my shuttle from Seattle Tacoma airport up to Bellingham, Washington today, I had a chance to sit for a while in a small bar called the Pilot House. At the bar, the first thing I asked for was a Seattle beer–Nope, don’t have it. […]

February 28, 2013

Off to Washington State, Home of Pot Tourism?

I am about to break one of my own rules. I usually try very hard to have the last trip’s story up and done before I embark on another. But early Saturday, I’ll fly out to Seattle and then begin a trip to Bellingham and to Vancouver, British Columbia. I […]

February 25, 2013

Cartagena Lives Up to its Billing as One of the World’s Most Beautiful Cities

As a life-long resident of a small town in the country, I am usually not drawn to cities. I do love the excitement of New York of course, and am awed by the world’s great metropolises, but most of the time I’d rather be out in the country. My trip […]

February 21, 2013

A Day in Coffee Country with Men Who Live the Bean

I found my essential moment of this exciting trip through prosperous and friendly Colombia…It came while I looked up at the steep green hills of the Corcora Valley while standing on the back of an old Willy’s Jeep, driving down a tree-lined country road. Yes that was it. We were […]

February 19, 2013

A Day in the Salt Mines

It’s the most popular tourist attraction in Colombia. It’s nearly 600 feet down underground. It was built in 1992 and the 127 miners who helped build it are memorialized with holes drilled behind a cross. It’s the Cathedral of Salt, about an hours drive outside of Bogota. Outside of the […]

February 17, 2013

Bogota Sunday Afternoon

February 17, 2013

After Years of Being Shunned, Colombians Are On the Move

It’s always exciting to be in the company of people who are high on living in a certain place, especially when they’ve changed countries just to live there. Last night we had a large table at the Hilton and Sandro Leopardi told us all about his life’s journey that brought […]

February 16, 2013

Bogota, Colombia: Nine Million People at 8000 Feet

It was a rather odd time to depart on a flight from JFK–6:55 am. So I tried to nap and then left Deerfield at 1 am for the journey to the airport and after a relaxing five-hour flight, we were driving along the streets of Bogota Colombia. This is my […]

February 13, 2013

When We Lost Kent St John, We Lost this Blog’s Biggest Fan–But It’s Time to Soldier On

Blogging is not for everyone. It’s hard to keep on doing this in my ninth year–the energy begins to drain away, and the number of readers goes down. It’s a cycle that’s hard to buck, and I’m trying now to be as invigorated as I was when I began this […]

February 11, 2013

Snowblower Conks Out, Neighbor Comes Through, I Get a New One

Like everyone else in New England, I watched the approaching storm with trepidation. I did the mental checklist in my head, preparing as best I could, getting gas for the snowblower. I was confident I would be ready with my 1970s vintage orange Ariens. We looked out our window at […]

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