I have been incredibly fortunate to be able to travel during much of my life and have taken several great trips... some as an exchange student in high school, some with my husband Chuck before his death, some connected to my work, and some since my retirement. Below are some favorite destinations with photographs and a few pieces written during those past trips.
My most recent adventure was along the Civil Rights Trail through Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. It was an enlightening journey. Fun, painful, educational, emotional. All of the above. Plus good music and great food. I wrote a piece to capture some of what struck my heart. And took just one photograph--unlike all of the other trips I've taken--but I needed to capture the fact that on this trip I put my foot in the last of the fifty states to visit, Arkansas. Both the writing and the photograph are below.