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Finding Beauty Recently, during the middle of the world wide pandemic, I headed out with Izzy, my 14 year old Yorki-poo. If she could talk I’m sure she’d say she is delighted with the shelter-at-home orders. We’re always home and she gets lots of walks. My favorite place and...
Design Destination: Home An Easter Meditation by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger In ‘isolation’, what nurtures us, what sustains us, where do we find meaning? As I ‘shelter in place’ in my home, I find myself pondering these questions. It never occurred to me that, at this point in my life, I...
By Peggy DePersia, guest blogger From key lime flavored ‘everything’, including dog treats, to magical sunsets, the Florida Keys has it all; from the silly to the sublime. Though I have offered my experience of the “Keys” via Design Destinations in the past, I wanted to revisit what...
by Linda Laughter, guest blogger Trips are fun to plan, and the time spent in a vacation spot is always memorable. This year our travel to one of our favorite locations, Galveston, Texas was cut short. I was looking forward to writing a blog about this great trip. Upon arriving we visited a...
Self-isolation It’s March 2020 in Grand Rapids, MI. Like many people in the world, I am hunkered down. “Self-isolating” is the current term. Canceled travel. No dinner parties to attend or to give. Restaurants aren’t open. The gym is closed. Friends are staying...
India is endlessly fascinating to me. All of it. The Taj, the glorious estates of the Maharajas, the camels, the monks. But what sticks in my memory of travel to this exotic and faraway place are the sights and scenes on the streets of life so dramatically different than my own. India is...
One of most interesting stops on our Japan itinerary April 2019 is one where I have the fewest photos. Why? 1. It was a rainy gloomy day, not conducive for photography. 2. The temple was actually not accessible. 3. I was a bit burned out after three weeks of taking photos in […]
Spending a night in a Buddhist temple in Japan wasn’t anything like I thought it would be. It seemed like a very cool thing to do on a trip to Japan where we had a few free days at the end. While fascinating, it was not what I was expecting. I expected […]
Koya San After two weeks of exploring art and the gardens of Japan last April, we said good-byes to our fellow travelers on the Tiny World Tour trip and headed to Koya San a center of Buddhist study and practice where one can visit over 100 temples and a huge cemetery. Not far from Osaka […]
by Kate Dernocoeur Guest Blogger I pondered for weeks over how to best present the immensity of my latest adventure when it (far) exceeds easy expression. For starters, there are more than 6,000 images from my cameras to sift through in a frustrating efforts to pick the best ones. After...