Dec 17, 2025
Cigarettes are a lot like squirrels. They are perfectly harmless until you put one in your mouth and light it on fire. When I was a kid, I cut a list out of the newspaper and stuffed it in my mom’s purse, in the snap-top leatherette case where she kept her...
Dec 10, 2025
Picture Zero: This is our first couple selfie, I think – paddleboating. Ramon and I met in Pakistan, at a run he and his friends had organized in the Diplomatic Enclave. Within seconds, he invited me to coffee and dual-language conversations. The first couple...
Nov 20, 2025
Virginia (Culver) Snyder was a dedicated reporter, a lifelong Democrat, a friend for all seasons, a reformed tomboy, and a beloved, irascible aunt. Her wit was as dry and scorching as summer on the Colorado Plains – making her the one everyone wanted to sit by at any...
Nov 5, 2025
Ramon and I went to the Spanish Pyrenees for a bit of a summer respite. It was so hot in Madrid in August… going to the mountains was like a dip in a cool lake. Ramon has history with this place – he learned mountain rescue in the area, which you’ll...
Sep 3, 2025
Another blog post from Scotland! Or, at least, about Scotland. My most keen-eyed blog followers (you know who you are!) are absolutely correct – this trip was in May and I am really behind on my posts. Still, anything good is worth the wait, and Edinburgh, the...
Aug 29, 2025
It takes time to arrive at the Isle of Skye, so it makes sense I needed a bit more time to write about the experience. My friend, Andy, met me in Edinburgh and we took the train north, to Inverness, and then on to Kyle of Lochalsh, alongside the bridge to Skye, in the...
