Although your dream trip may still be a year, or two, or more in the future, there are several ways that you can think ahead and prepare to make the trip and future planning go easier. If you haven’t traveled recently or if this is your first major trip, these ideas can be extremely helpful. […]

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” – William Shakespeare

Earlier this fall, I flew to San Francisco for yet another Vogue Knitting Live conference. You can read about the conference and the yarn shops that I visited on the trip here. Beyond my yarn adventures, I was able to spend some time being a tourist in this interesting and beautiful city. I spent a […]

I would love to go back and travel the road not taken, if I knew at the end of it I’d find the same set of grandkids. —Robert Brault

Whenever I travel to a new place, I look for local restaurants and businesses. In particular, I look for local yarn shops. It’s exciting when I find a yarn shop hop, or yarn crawl, or even a brochure listing area shops. Before my late summer road trip to Asheville, North Carolina and along the Blue […]

Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” —Pico Iyer Picture credit – Linda Hanstra

My niece is planning a European trip for early next year. She asked my advice on several areas of her planning, including the possibility of flying on Ryanair or Laudamotion (Ryan Air owns 75% of this company). I’ve flown on Ryanair and was able to give her some advice. I decided to share it here. […]

“You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.” ― Miriam Adeney I could fill this page with pictures of friends I’ve met from around the world…miss you […]

On my recent road trip, I visited two of my daughters, I enjoyed a day at the Biltmore Estate, I drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway, and I took part in a yarn shop hop in Cleveland, Ohio. I drove over 2000 miles – somewhat in a circle – first going south, then northeast, then […]