It’s taken me a while to write this post. My inclination was to turn it into a comedy routine, as is often my inclination. Older people, and I tend to believe more frequently older women, soft shoe their accomplishments. Age… Read More ›
Travel Writing
One Perfect Day: Hydra Island, Greece
I am trying to recognize the sweet spots in life while they are happening, to grab a hold of them, and to file them very deliberately in my brain. We had one of these recently; a single, perfect day on… Read More ›
Komárom, Hungary – Komárno, Slovakia: It’s like a Gershwin song
When I was a kid, my mother would sing old songs. One of my favorites was a Gershwin tune: You like potato and I like potahto You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto. Let’s call the… Read More ›
What I learned at TBEX Athens and my writing class with David Farley
Last week, Pat and I attended a convention in Athens, the Travel Bloggers Exchange, or TBEX. I divided the sessions between us according to our interests. Pat, realizing where this was headed, conceded, “Julie, just tell me where to go.”… Read More ›
The World In Between 