Monday, July 29, 2013

ROLLING THROUGH IRELAND: Excerpt from Aunt Carolyn’s Memoir of a Lifetime of Travel

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Cycling the wild and windy moors of south Ireland Perhaps the original intrepid tourist was Carolyn Arnold, my husband’s aunt.  A single...
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Monday, July 22, 2013

BURREN NATIONAL PARK, IRELAND: Guest Post by Marianne Wallace

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Ireland:  Burren Roadside Holy Well, along Galway Bay Road My friend and fellow children's book writer/illustrator Marianne ...
Monday, July 15, 2013

DUBLIN, IRELAND: Guest Post by Marianne Wallace

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Dublin, Ireland.  Farrington's Pub in Temple Bar area My friend and fellow children's book writer/illustrator Marianne Wallace a...
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Monday, July 8, 2013

TULE ELK RESERVE: Preserving California's Wildlife

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I don’t know how many times I’ve driven Interstate 5 through California’s Central Valley and passed the signs to the Tule Elk Reserve (ne...
Monday, July 1, 2013

JOAQUIN MILLER PARK in the Oakland, CA Hills: Nature and History

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The Cascade in Joaquin Miller Park is the Amphitheater's waterfall feature. Built in 1941 and dedicated to California writers, it stil...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

MADELEINE ALBRIGHT’S PINS, Czech Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Guest post by Barbara Siebenschuh

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Madeleine Albright's Pins at the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa  My friend and fellow art student (at Grin...
Monday, June 17, 2013

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING at the de Young Museum of Art, San Francisco

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Poster for the Girl with a Pearl Earring Exhibit at the de Young Museum, San Francisco I read the book. I saw the movie.  And now I have...