Tag: music
Journeys: they make great stories share with friends, with family, with the children in your life. Learn about three books which offer stories of places and journeys which will …
Autumn makes a fine time for a road trip. For your road trip you might choose classic a classic area to see fall colors such as the Great Smoky …
Cape Breton autumn: Early October in Atlantic Canada as summer turns to autumn the air cools, the leaves begin to turn bright autumn shades of red and gold, and …
Kerry Dexter
June 26, 2023
Art and Art Museums, City or urban travel, encounters, family, food & drink, History, Kerry projects, Travel, US travel, world music
Every year in late June and early July, the National Mall in Washington DC fills with more than the usual mix of tourists out sightseeing and residents taking breaks …
Winter travel: Perhaps you are on the way to visit friends and family. Maybe you travel to get a way from winter’s cold, or to embrace it. Perhaps your …
“Oh, they haven’t done that since before COVID started, and they’re trying to figure out how to get more funding for renovations, so the theater is closed.” Yes, that …
“My feet are killing me. I want to sit down with a cold adult beverage, watch fish swim by, listen to music, and do nothing else.” Wish granted. On …
It is a time of year in the United States when the lives, contributions, and stories of African Americans are especially remembered and celebrated. It is Black History Month. …
There are songs you might think of as valentines, romantic love songs of all sorts, songs of family, songs of celebration. What about love songs for place? Are there …
Language, food, and music are just as much a part of historic preservation as buildings and parks. I’m such a fan of preservationists and the important work they do, …
Orkney: this group of islands off Scotland’s north coast has been drawing people to visit and to live for 10,000 years. That’s right: ten thousand years. There’s much evidence …
Derry: its name comes from the Gaelic name for oak, doire. In Gaelic legend, oaks are thought of as doorways or thresholds. So too the city of Derry in …