Life, LiBearty, and the pursuit of animal welfareThe European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) was once found in significant numbers across the continent. Today it is extinct in Britain…Sep 9Sep 9
Do as I do, not as I sayMany of us go through the process of sorting out our parents’ papers after they die — you know, the piles of memorabilia they were always…Aug 252Aug 252
Savouring the Scottish Cheese Trail“People don’t come to Scotland to lie under a palm tree.” Scottish native Wendy Barrie is stating the obvious, since palm trees are hard to…Jun 3Jun 3
Published inDigital Global TravelerTOOTH-CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF A HIPPO KINDGiulia is my favorite four-year-old and she has a stuffed hippo named George.May 191May 191
A sacred mountain in Italy from a canine POVMy humans and I have walked Sacro Monte di Varese in every season. We have done both the nature walk in the woods of Campo dei Fiori (from…Apr 16Apr 16
Published inDigital Global Traveler(R)evolution in Scottish FoodScotland’s culinary fame has always been based on its eponymous drink (scotch), with perhaps a nod to its salmon (fished, not farmed)…Apr 61Apr 61
Savouring Genoa superblyThe first time I saw Genova was when the city was preparing for the Columbus Exposition of 1992, commemorating 500 years since the…Jan 8Jan 8
A MOVING EXPERIENCE: HOW THE MYTH STOLE CHRISTMASSome Grinchy, grouchy, Scroogy types say that only small children can experience the true magic of Christmas. And, in the US, only for the…Dec 17, 2023Dec 17, 2023
Falling in love with — and in — FirenzeMy most indelible memory of Florence isn’t a visual image of a particular piazza or building or statue, nor the fabled Uffizi Galleries…Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
