Tag: art
Glasgow: when I talk with people about their plans for travel in Scotland, this is city is not often on the list. Glasgow is a lively, welcoming place with …
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 …
Light and landscape, weather and sea: these have been inspiring people in Orkney to create, as archaeology tells, back into times before stories were written down. These elements make …
The city of Houston is a hard place to appreciate. It sprawls over 600 miles around southeast Texas, the weather is usually hot and muggy, and the lack of …
Icons at the Airport is a series of occasional posts about items at airports that connect an arriving traveler with the town or city and its personality. Good public …
Every picture tells a story, the saying goes. Even more so, when pictures, paintings, images, and objects are presented so as to be seen together or in sequence to …
Trans Siberian Railway. Distances, far away places, stories, landscapes, mystery — and trains: just the name of the Trans Siberian Railway conjures all these. These things along with basketfuls …
The Lincoln Memorial. You will have seen it, perhaps through a visit in person to the National Mall in Washington DC. Maybe you have seen it on film, in …
A former warehouse in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia (right next to a sake brewery where you can submit a haiku to be featured on their website) is now an immersive …
Wherever and however you travel, there’s connection to nature, to the earth. This is as true when you go to distant places and take long journeys as it is …
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. …
Glasgow: it is a city known for its industrial past and commercial present, to be sure.It is also a city of murals. Overseas visitors often pass the city by …