Despite yesterday’s rain—and I mean, rain—I headed out for my almost-daily walk in the Vondelpark, part of my goal to get rid of this mushy post-baby stomach. I took Keith’s iPod and listened to the World Book Club podcast, one…
I wasn’t sure that “elapsure” was even a word…turns out, it’s the vocative masculine singular of “elapsūrus” in Latin. Huh. And according to my computer’s dictionary, “elapse” means “to pass or go by, especially in a gradual, slow, or imperceptible…
It’s countdown time to Art & Soul Portland! Oh my gosh… This week I’ve been preparing for my Art & Soul classes, sequencing them and getting the class kits ready and handouts and pulling together all the other things that…
I recently got an email from a fellow Somerset reader. She and her husband were coming to the Netherlands for a vacation and she wanted to know about any flea markets in Amsterdam. Well, there’s nothing I love more than…
Sometimes I just really believe in serendipity. Last week I talked about taking photo walks…well, a package just arrived from my mom, containing the July/August issue of Somerset Life, and inside is an article called “Heading out for a Photo-Walk”…
I love this—Amsterdam graffiti art. I have the vague feeling I might have met this artist at the ABC Treehouse last year, at the “Here We Are” show featuring street artists, but I can’t be positive. Anyway, I snapped this…
Last week Keith, Anna and I were on vacation in Schliersee, Germany. This is an area just outside of Munich, and has beautiful alpine lakes, gorgeous mountains and lots of trees. We love Schliersee because the only activities are walking…
Today is one of Anna’s nursery days, and Keith took the day off following our vacation last week—and the two of us went on a date! Yes, a date: Out for lunch and coffee and a trip to FOAM, the…