Category: Travel
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitude
Even in the most raucous of settings, one can find some solitude if you time it right. While in New Orleans for a long weekend recently, I went for a run Saturday morning and had Bourbon Street to myself, as the soapy residue still lingered along the curb. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in…
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The Importance of Holiday Magic
This year, even more than ever, we are in need of finding the magic of the holidays … that magic that helps bridge divides, smooths strained relations, allows people to set aside differences to share in the beauty of the season. Even without snow on the ground, and the second warmest November on record, Duluth’s…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Frame
The brilliant blue waters contrast with the battered window housing one of the many cannons of Castillo San Felipe del Morro (El Morro) in Puerto Rico. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Frame” is this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites (The Blue and the Gray)
This past weekend coincided with the 153rd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. The Union versus Confederate armies represented the opposing sides in the Civil War, clashing mightily, battle after battle, with both sides sustaining massive loss of life not only from combat casualties but even more so from disease and illness…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Vibrant
Is there anything more vibrant than New York City’s iconic Times Square at night?! It must be what the Merriam-Webster dictionary had in mind when it defined “vibrant” to mean: having or showing great life, activity, and energy. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Vibrant” is…
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