Off-the-Beaten-Path Travel

Update: With great sadness, I’m reporting that Callanish researcher and archaeo-astronomer Margaret Curtis died in March 2022. Read on for the insights Margaret shared with me when I [...]

Downton Abbey: A New Era is now in movie theaters, and I’m reliving my exciting visit to Highclere Castle in 2012. I admit it: I’m among the millions who are enthralled by the hit PBS [...]

On April 29, 1945, American troops liberated the survivors of Dachau concentration camp in Nazi Germany. This anniversary is much on my mind lately because one of the characters in my [...]

 If you’re visiting Washington, D.C. for the Women’s March—or for any other reason—be sure to leave time to bask in the vibrant National Museum of Women in the Arts, an entire building devoted to [...]