It's the end of January and our three months in Europe are coming to an end. This visit has been unusual for us in many ways:  --It was...

PLAZA DE LA REINAc Merry Christmas from Valencia, Spain! Valencia (pop. 800,000) is the third largest city in Spain and is well-known for...

    As I was walking along the shoreline of an old fishing village in Chania , Crete, I happened to notice a small dollhouse-like church s...

       When walking through Karnarous Square in Heraklion  (pop. 177,000), I noticed some small tables and coffee being served next to an o...

ANATIOTIKA – A TASTE OF THE GREEK ISLANDS IN THE MIDST OF ATHENS Sometimes a meandering city walk takes you to “other places,” like the ti...

It's mid-October in southwest Wisconsin and the leaves are turning yellow and the red maple trees are at their peak. I decide to leave m...

OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN JAZZ FESTIVAL      The final jazz concert of the summer in Riverside Park featured singer, Steve Torm é.  He ann...