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by Liz Margulus, guest blogger Photos by Liz and Mike Margulus My husband, Mike, and I have been very fortunate. We’ve traveled extensively in the U.S. (primarily out west) and internationally. While we don’t indulge in travel luxuries, we have been privileged to see some beautiful...
Note: every year I like to “repost” this blog about a Memorable New Year’s Eve. Enjoy When the big bell in Kyoto rings on New Years Eve, it gongs to erase the 108 worldly desires man is born with. For me, it rang to mark a new phase in my role as a mother. […]
India….by Guest Blogger, Brooke Cornetet Holy cow. Literally holy cow, right in the middle of the constant blaring horn heavy traffic in the North of India. India is one of the most unique countries I have ever been to. Your five senses all come to life at once in ways you would have never...
by Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger Tucked in on the peninsula of Southeast Asia, between Vietnam and Thailand and underneath Laos, Cambodia persists. Its history, both long and near-term, was horrific until very recently. If you saw the film, “The Killing Fields,” released in 1984, you remember...
by Brooke Cornetet, Guest Blogger “It’s hard to put the feel of Burma as a country into words. One thing that is for sure about Burma is that it is a place of mystery.” Although it is now recognized as Myanmar there is an air of confusion about it within the country because...
About a month a go I had a chance to zip in and talk a quick look around the big Quilt show in Grand Rapids. This event draws people from all over the Mid-West. While a lot of the quilts are too folksy for my taste, some strike me as fabulous, interesting and creative. […]
I spent three days in Cambodia last January and have three distinct memories. It is interesting to blog about a destination after some time has gone by. The really strong impressions float to the surface. As a little back ground information, we went to Siem Reap at the end of a...
I’m not sure where this comes from but I’m fascinated and always have been with the way people live–functionally and aesthetically. Obviously resources–financial and others play a huge factor– but the basic need for shelter and how it is met communicates so much about one’s...
It’s been over two months since we spent a couple of days in the mountains of North Vietnam. We saw sights I’ll never forget. We had a chance to visit Minority Tribes in this remote part of the world, very close to the Chinese border. I felt like I had zoomed back in […]
Halong Bay on the coast of North Vietnam, is one of those mysterious destinations with great appeal. It’s a dense cluster of nearly 3000 limestone monolithic islands, each topped with thick jungle vegetation rising spectacularly from the ocean. I would have liked to have visited it at an...