Monday, February 27, 2012

MESA VERDE, COLORADO: Home of the Ancient Cliff Dwellers

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Caroline and her brothers at Spruce Tree House, Mesa Verde, 1958 When I was fourteen years old, my family went on an extended summer cam...
Monday, February 20, 2012

Oxfordshire: A Weekend in the English Countryside, Fall 1998

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Oxfordshire, Sheep Grazing (Excerpt from the London Diaries, September 1998)   A Taste of Fall     The weather has changed to more fall...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Japantown, San Francisco

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Paper lanterns at Soko Hardware, Japantown, San Francisco When most people think of tourist destinations in San Francisco, they think of...
Monday, February 6, 2012

London's Toynbee Hall: The First Settlement House

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Toynbee Hall is in London's East End In the summer and fall of 1998, during our three month stay in London, I paid a visit to Toynbe...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

London Museums

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Natural History Museum, London Museum of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, National Portrait Gallery, Natural History Museum, Victoria a...
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Monday, January 23, 2012

Australia's Great Ocean Road

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View of the coast along the Great Ocean Road from our B and B in Apollo Bay March 1999 (excerpt from my diary of our three month stay in ...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

The Oakland Hills: Huckleberry Nature Trail

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A surprising amount of open space is found in the Oakland hills, making it possible to move in a short time from the densely urban section...