

“I hope this tent is waterproof…” is not a musing you ever want to consider on a camping trip, but especially not when your company includes two small children under the age of five. We

For four years, I’ve been aching to visit Miami’s Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. On paper (and in photos), it looks like the coastal equivalent to my beloved Cheekwood, a place with plenty of history and

When you glance at a map, Tennessee doesn’t seem so big, but did you know it takes over EIGHT HOURS to drive from corner to corner? Our borders stretch far, adding a deceptive amount of

I consider myself a Library Tourist. For as long as I’ve traveled, a local public library has been a stop at nearly every destination I’ve visited. What better way to meet a local or two

Water is ubiquitous on Mount Desert Island. Ponds, lakes, inlets, ocean. Viewing from a distance, these are calming features; they add variety to the landscape, picking up reflections or bits of light that change with

To visit Mount Desert Island, Maine, is to visit Acadia National Park, and vice versa – the two are so inextricably linked that a visitor to the island has no concept of the park’s boundaries.

There’s a frustrating lack of perspective when considering history beyond a certain point – the centuries that lie beyond our grasp of understanding, when the day-to-day experience is so far removed from our present that

[INSERT HERE] a pithy quote about “best laid plans,” because my reading plans have most certainly derailed. I’m in a funk, and it’s not very fun. My picks have been a drag, so it takes