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by Linda Laughter, guest blogger I can get enough of this beautiful island in the Caribbean, especially when it is snowing at home! This is our third visit and it gives us a chance to escape, see friends and do a few water color studies for fun. In September of 2019, Freeport, Grand...
In October, I got a proposal for a Photo Workshop in Paris over New Year’s and my gosh, I wanted to do it. Capturing Paris when it isn’t crowded with tourists would be so cool. A special New Year’s dinner all organized. Put together by a well known and excellent Street...
The British Virgin Islands are one of those places that I love going back to over and over. WHY? Well, it is great to get out of Michigan winter, especially in Feb. or March, but mostly it is a fabulous spot for sailors. The Sir Frances Drake Passageway, the many little islands with cute...
It’s probably silly to think I can do a blog about Culture in Cuba in under 500 words and a few photos, but I’m going to make a “sound bite” stab at it. My sense is that under the communist regime of Fidel Castro and his buddies, the leaders tried to wipe out much of […]
“Sometimes the muse comes and we do very creative work. Other years we do ordinary work and let the spirit lay fallow,” explained Hector, a Cuban farmer turned ceramist. We visited his creative and beautiful farm/pottery studio somewhere between Varadero and Havana and saw examples of both...
Guest Blogger: Linda Laughter For a relaxing, sun filled vacation filled with lots of rich colors and experiences try Freeport, Grand Bahama. We were fortunate to share with friends one of the many private villas that can be rented. Instead of taking photos, I chose a different way to...
Not too long ago I was hanging out in Hong Kong with my son and new daughter-in-law, meeting her extended family and celebrating their marriage. At one point in the week, Justin asked me, “Well, Mom, how do you like Hong Kong? Is this a place you’d like to come back to repeatedly?” Hard...
You can just feel it……when you arrive in the British Virgin Islands (BVI’s) you know you will have a good time. People are happy. They smile and say hello, striking up random conversations. Actually, the BVI’s are darn near perfect. Mecca for sailers. Gorgeous water....
As I think about the approaching New Years Eve, for some strange reason the drinking pigs on St. Croix come to mind. Not sure why. I didn’t spend a New Year’s Holiday with these guys nor do they drink champagne. But for some reason they popped into my thoughts recently….. maybe because it...