The area south of San Francisco, California went to considerable effort to protect some beautiful wild areas on the nearby hills as open space, with lots of trails. WIthout this, this area would have likely been covered with houses by…
Philadelphia
World Heritage City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia has an airy, attractive train station on the banks of the Schukykill (pronounced Skoo-cull) River. Founded in 1682 by William Penn, it is the 5th largest city in the U.S.A. In order to see…
Maryland and Delaware
My nephew Reuben and family now live in Rising Sun, Maryland, about 60 miles north of Baltimore. I journeyed down by train and car a few hours south of New York for my first visit to Delaware and Maryland. It’s…
New York City, USA
New York in May, Madison Square Park. Warm afternoons bring out stylish spring clothing. David Farragut oversees some serious discussions and study Martin Puryear sculpture being installed at Madison Square Park. After a rooftop dinner at Science House in Murray…
Amboy, Washington
Mount St. Helens still has lots of snow on May 4th. From the hills above Chelachie Prairie, near Amboy, Washington, my childhood home. Atop Mount St. Helens in 1969, before the cataclysmic eruption that blew the top off. Spirit Lake…