Recently I was in northwestern Montana and made it back to one of my favorite hikes. This was the third time I have made the Hidden Lake Overlook hike, and it has been a completely different experience each time. My introductory trip was also in August, in sunshine and warm…
The Greek Food Festival came back to Dallas for it’s 58th(!) year. At 58 years, I’m still surprised I had no idea about the festival when I first lived in Dallas. But regardless, I did find it and definitely looked forward to it again this fall. I love Greek food.…
As I start writing this post, it is officially fall. It began at 9:29pm last nigh and today is the first full day of fall. Goodbye summer, until next year. Fall isn’t all bad, of course. I’m just not quite ready to say farewell to the long (although not quite…
Last week I saw pictures on Glacier National Park of a veritable winter wonderland. The catch is these were current pictures. As in…September. And it was hard to believe I had just visited the park three weeks before! True, there was a winter weather advisory late August for the chill…
If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, then you may know that I was recently in Montana for vacation. And whenever I visit, I end up spending a lot of time in Glacier National Park (and Happy Birthday National Park Services!*). This time was no exception, even with the…
Everywhere I looked this past week, I saw surprise and sadness at the passing of Robin Williams, and I was no less surprised or saddened. The words that poured out from the news and social media were all about the laughter and joy his characters brought, the incredible person he…