August 2009

Saturday’s scene: Stone Soldiers

August 29, 2009

The rhyolite formations in Arizona’s Chiricauha National Monument look like a battalion of stone soldiers marching down the mountainside.

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Learn a New Language With Rosetta Stone

August 27, 2009

Baby boomer travelers, visiting a foreign country is a better experience when you understand the language. Unfortunately, if you’re a baby boomer who was educated in the United States, competency in a foreign language wasn’t emphasized. Sure, many of us took Spanish, French, Latin or maybe German in high school; but if your experience was [...]

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Take Me to Chico’s

August 25, 2009

This post is for baby boomer women travelers. Guys, you’re welcome to hang around. Maybe you’ll get an idea or two for Christmas, it won’t be long, you know. First, let me tell you, this is not a paid post. Chico’s did not pay me for my words or provide any freebies or discounts on [...]

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Saturday’s scene: Butterfly Heaven

August 22, 2009

A butterfly posed for me as I walked through the Butterfly Rainforest at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida.

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Hawaii Became a State 50 Years Ago Today

August 21, 2009

Fifty years ago today, Hawaii became a state. Yet, I hesitate to say that the citizens of Hawaii are celebrating because many, especially native Hawaiians, have mixed feelings about the event. To learn more about this issue, check out Vera Marie Baderstcher’s review of [amazonify]1935448005::text::::The Last Aloha[/amazonify] at A Traveler’s Library. As a baby boomer [...]

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