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Sailing Provides the Escape We All Need
Sailing Holidays. The best way to get away from everything, including Covid, is to charter... Read more »
Published: May 29, 2020 - 10:07 am
Ship of Fools: Stuck on Board While the Pandemic Rages
Pariah Ship. Lori Salerno and her husband Dan boarded a ship in Hong Kong and... Read more »
Published: May 28, 2020 - 10:12 am
Georgia: Visiting the Allman Brother’s Big House
Allman Brother's house from 1970-73 was the Big House in Macon Georgia. Today this house... Read more »
Published: May 27, 2020 - 10:56 am
Deccan Odyssey Winds from North to South India
Deccan Odyssey is a luxury train trip that takes passengers from Mumbai all the way... Read more »
Published: May 26, 2020 - 10:00 am
Villa Lena is Ready to Welcome Tourists
Villa Lena, Tuscany has announced that it will be re-opening to guests from 15th June... Read more »
Published: May 25, 2020 - 10:36 am
Tibet Motorcycle Tour: Freedom on the Road
Instead of being crammed on a giant bus, Tibet Easy Rider lets tourists explore the... Read more »
Published: May 25, 2020 - 10:23 am
Flying Across the Ocean in May 2020
Navigating pandemic-era air travel: Here's what it's like to fly internationally right now Christopher Elliott.... Read more »
Published: May 25, 2020 - 10:00 am
Bear Gryll’s Scotland Survivor Academy: Can You Do It?
Bear Gryll's Survival Academy in the wilderness of Scotland, where would be Man vs Wild... Read more »
Published: May 23, 2020 - 10:33 am

ReadUpOnIt

May 25, 2020: Ten Years of Memorial Day Memories
Memorial Day 2020. A time when I reflect on the places I was and the... Read more »
Published: May 25, 2020 - 2:24 pm
May 17, 2020: Lights at the End of the Grim Tunnel
Last night we had plans. The first plans in weeks, we made a date to... Read more »
Published: May 17, 2020 - 3:30 pm
May 10, 2020: Getting More Adjusted to This
May 10, 2020 It's been nine weeks of this total closure, people at home. Reflecting... Read more »
Published: May 10, 2020 - 4:25 pm
Disappointing Myself During the Q Time
One of the unexpected joys of the 2020 quarantine is the chance — no, the... Read more »
Published: May 2, 2020 - 11:18 pm
April 26, 2020: Irrigation Hoses Going into the Garden
April 26, 2020 Today’s date means the same lousy thing in any part of the... Read more »
Published: April 26, 2020 - 3:51 pm
April 18, 2020: More than a Month into the Pandemic
April 18, 2020 . Written during the height of the pandemic when everything possible is... Read more »
Published: April 18, 2020 - 2:44 pm
Dad’s Journal Notebooks Keep Sucking Me In
Notebooks of my father. I have a bag of notebooks, journals by my father Nathaniel... Read more »
Published: April 8, 2020 - 8:43 pm
Pandemic Journal: Week Four, a Walk in the NH Woods
Pandemics, who even ever thought that this would be what we would be afraid of? ... Read more »
Published: April 5, 2020 - 11:03 pm

Pilot Girl

Earth Day efforts in my backyard
Happy Earth Day, everyone. A whopping 50-years! As I watch events unfold on www.earthday.org with... Read more »
Published: April 25, 2020 - 2:23 pm
Take-out lunch atop Pine Cobble Mountain
“Take-out” is the responsible thing to do today but hikers have been practicing the culture... Read more »
Published: March 29, 2020 - 3:48 pm
Lessons in social distancing in Williamstown
While morose faces heaved books and belongings into idling vehicles others played hackie-sack and drank... Read more »
Published: March 15, 2020 - 12:21 pm
Hiking the “hook” from sun-up until sundown
George’s initial objections to hiking the Province Lands gave way to resignation when he realized... Read more »
Published: February 17, 2020 - 12:03 am
Wearing ourselves out in Provincetown
Valentine’s in Provincetown and my Big Fish (seen above) is on a quest to find... Read more »
Published: February 15, 2020 - 5:12 am
Valentine’s Detox in P-Town
I’ve had enough of reality. Time to get away. A refuge away from political frustrations... Read more »
Published: February 14, 2020 - 2:24 pm
Rocking it out on Groundhog Day
I could almost hear the riff, “I got you, babe,” while taking this photo of... Read more »
Published: February 3, 2020 - 2:20 am
Mountains and Mutti in Sheffield, Massachusetts
PilotGirl Productions has very few creative projects on the horizon so, as a result,... Read more »
Published: January 14, 2020 - 3:51 am

Round World Photo

Free Tapas! Castilla y Leon, Spain
Free tapas with every drink is still the norm at some restaurants in Castilla y... Read more »
Published: January 23, 2020 - 1:56 pm
Son Moll Sentits beach in Cala Rajada, Mallorca.
The view from Hotel Son Moll Sentits in Cala Rajada, Mallorca.… The post Son Moll... Read more »
Published: January 22, 2020 - 9:09 pm
Churros.
Churros in Castilla Y Leon, Spain. Simple, beautiful, incredibly delicious.… The post Churros. appeared first... Read more »
Published: January 15, 2020 - 4:10 pm
Hot air ballooning over Segovia, Spain.
Hot air ballooning over Segovia Spain with @siempreenlasnubes . Totally cool. Tradition demands a glass of champagne... Read more »
Published: January 11, 2020 - 9:02 pm
The Vandoliers. White Water Tavern Little Rock Arkansas
This pic is of the amazing Vandoliers nailing it on a Friday night at The... Read more »
Published: January 10, 2020 - 6:19 pm
Soller Train in Mallorca Spain.
The famous wooden trains of Soller pass through a crowded town in Mallorca, Spain. For... Read more »
Published: January 2, 2020 - 2:13 pm
Las Médulas Roman Gold Mines,Spain
The Roman gold mines at Medulas. Absolutely spectacular.… The post Las Médulas Roman Gold Mines,Spain... Read more »
Published: January 1, 2020 - 4:59 pm
The best Gin and Tonic in the world.
The best Gin and Tonic in the world. I just got home at 3:00 am... Read more »
Published: December 31, 2019 - 1:05 pm

Miles to Go

Walks, Boredom and Finding Magic in the Mundane
I am going to do the unthinkable and begin my post with a quote. Friedrich... Read more »
Published: April 11, 2020 - 3:48 am
The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
Way before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we took a trip to New York City for... Read more »
Published: April 3, 2020 - 6:35 am
Super Bowl 2020 – Smaht Pahk
Try saying Remote Smart Parking Assist. It’s a mouthful, isn’t it? So Hyundai decided to... Read more »
Published: February 4, 2020 - 4:28 am
New Year’s Resolutions – Why Bother?
As a child, I used to make resolutions diligently but as I have grown older... Read more »
Published: January 18, 2020 - 2:31 pm
The End of a Decade or Just Another Tuesday?
The only resolution I have for 2020 is to be outside more, ’cause as the... Read more »
Published: January 1, 2020 - 7:17 am
A Solo Trip
Last month I traveled half-way across the world to see my Dad. It was a... Read more »
Published: December 5, 2019 - 4:59 pm
Paying Attention
“The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it... Read more »
Published: October 22, 2019 - 2:09 pm
Monday Musings
I don’t have the luxury to pore over a book these days so I rely... Read more »
Published: October 14, 2019 - 4:48 am

Travel Tales from India and Abroad

Design Conversations at Pendi, Colombo
If someone would have said to me in January that Colombo would be my last... Read more »
Published: May 28, 2020 - 6:31 am
Human by Nature- Vignettes from Beautiful Kerala
I am lucky, I have traveled to the beautiful state of Kerala many times. Nature... Read more »
Published: March 26, 2020 - 11:23 am
Movenpick Colombo- Luxury in the Heart of the City
The first trips of an year are always special! This year I landed at Colombo... Read more »
Published: February 27, 2020 - 1:05 pm
Rann Utsav, Gujarat in Ten Beautiful Images
Rann Utsav is held annually at Kutch, Gujarat. A temporary but magnificent tent city comes... Read more »
Published: February 11, 2020 - 5:19 pm
Postcards from Ho Chi Minh City
Blogging has truly taken a back seat for me even though I did travel a... Read more »
Published: February 4, 2020 - 5:32 pm

Travel News Notes

Cruise Ships at Sea, Trying to Find a Berth
Cruise ships around the world are having a hard time finding friendly ports in which... Read more »
Published: April 1, 2020 - 2:52 pm
Isle of Man: Famous for the TT Races and Railroads
Isle of Man is an island off the coast of Liverpool, but it’s not part... Read more »
Published: January 16, 2020 - 2:10 pm
French Bee Serves Up New Service to Paris from Newark
French Bee, France’s leading low-cost long-haul airline, is pleased to announce its new route between... Read more »
Published: November 25, 2019 - 8:44 pm
Could You Be Swarovski’s Digiscoper of the Year?
The 14th edition of SWAROVSKI OPTIK’s internationally popular “Digiscoper of the Year” competition has had a... Read more »
Published: August 23, 2019 - 10:11 am
Picky American Eaters Hate Local Cuisines
A new study finds that most Americans are very picky when they go on vacation... Read more »
Published: August 14, 2019 - 7:40 pm
If You’re Delayed, You Can Get Paid!
TRAVEL CHAOS: British Airways Passengers entitled to Compensation Air passengers are today facing severe delays... Read more »
Published: August 7, 2019 - 1:54 pm
Hotel Perks You Can’t Believe are Free!
Complimentary Hotel Amenities: Stay in these swanky hotels and get these amazing perks, for free... Read more »
Published: July 8, 2019 - 5:46 pm
Las Vegas Fun, all in One Great Big Pass!
ENJOY SIN CITY LIKE A ROCKSTAR WITH–THE REVAMPED LAS VEGAS PASS Visitors to Las Vegas... Read more »
Published: May 30, 2019 - 4:11 pm

Running in Circles

Scattering Love
It has been four months, three weeks, and two days since our kids lost their... Read more »
Published: April 14, 2019 - 11:57 pm
Going Home
I just returned home from two weeks in the Dominican Republic, a country that helped... Read more »
Published: February 10, 2019 - 4:33 pm
Grief
I have been trying to muster up the ability to write a blog for quite... Read more »
Published: January 1, 2019 - 11:24 am
Gearing Up for Summer With Teens
I love summer. It is my favorite season, which likely comes as no surprise to... Read more »
Published: June 5, 2018 - 2:38 am
In The Trenches
Parenting is HARD. This is not a cliché. This is not a whining mommy blog... Read more »
Published: May 16, 2018 - 1:05 pm
Last Night in Cuba
It’s our last night in Cuba as I write this, and I really don’t know... Read more »
Published: April 23, 2018 - 2:57 pm
Saying Goodbye With Love and Hats
This weekend we laid my grandfather Nathaniel Harrison Hartshorne to rest. Our family gathered together... Read more »
Published: April 10, 2018 - 1:43 pm
The Ultimate Responsibility
Man, my kids have been giving me a run for my money lately. It's really... Read more »
Published: March 13, 2018 - 7:03 am