Monday, April 29, 2024

BALD EAGLES, VOLCANOES, CAVES and more: A PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINTER ESCAPADE, Part 2, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

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Mount Thielsen, Oregon. My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s book writer and frequent contributor to this blog, took these photos in Nort...
Monday, April 22, 2024

BALD EAGLES, VOLCANOES, CAVES and more: A PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINTER ESCAPADE, Part 1, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

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Bald Eagle, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, California My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this b...
Monday, April 15, 2024

THE ROAD TO CAMP BOVEY: From Minneapolis to Northern Wisconsin, Recollections from Childhood

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Camp Bovey sign, 1961. Seventy-five years ago, under the direction of my father, Les Scheaffer, North East Neighborhood House, a settlement ...
Monday, April 8, 2024

SPRING WILDFLOWER WALK on the Montclair Railroad Trail, Oakland, California

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Allium triquetrum on the Montclair Railroad Trail. One of our favorite walks near our house in Oakland is along the Montclair Railroad Trail...
Monday, April 1, 2024

ART SHOW--PAINTINGS BY TOM SCHEAFFER, at the Maya Moon Collective, San Diego, CA

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Painting by Tom Scheaffer My brother Tom Scheaffer is currently exhibiting his beautiful paintings at the  Maya Moon Collective  in San Dieg...
Monday, March 25, 2024

ON TOUR IN EUROPE WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY, 5 CITIES, 14 DAYS--Guest Post by Tom and Susan Weisner

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The Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg Symphony Hall, Germany. Our friends, Susan and Tom Weisner, went along with their son Jeffrey and granddaughter...
Monday, March 18, 2024

MEETING CELEBRITIES IN AUSTRALIA – KANGAROOS AND KOALAS, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton at The Intrepid Tourist

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Wild kangaroos: joey sipping milk, Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s book writer and frequent contribut...