Back Streets of Tokyo Leave the neon behind it’s here you want to go off the beaten path to the back streets of Tokyo Among the hanging red lanterns and kanji signs catching your eye are delicious foods to sample and wondrous odors wafting by Tempura so light and delicate soups, noodles, all kinds of […]
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Bath, Somerset, England was originally dubbed ‘Aquae Sulis’ by the Romans in the first century. Bath was named a World Heritage site in 1987. We spent three nights at a B&B on Newbridge Hill Road. The Roman Baths of Bath A temple was constructed on this site in the first century, and the public baths
Pulteney Bridge (a haibun) Destination: Bath, England. With a good night’s sleep, a hearty English breakfast, and the adrenalin that accompanies the start of a multi-week adventure, we had shed all symptoms of jetlag. It was the last day of August, and we were anxious to see Bath. Our first stop was the Roman Baths
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Stonehenge: Inside The Circle Ever since I first heard about Stonehenge as a child, I have wanted to see it in person. It took about 60 years, but I finally made it in 2018. I was somewhat surprised to learn that there is much more to Stonehenge than just a circle of rocks. The area
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Stonehenge Summer Solstice Sunset We enter the Stonehenge grounds by walking up “the Avenue” in the same manner of the ancients, as they partook in the Summer Solstice events. A long, adventurous, and filling day is behind us, while the best is yet to come. Up from “the Bottoms” we walked, following “the Avenue” through
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Cherohala Skyway (a haibun) Destination: Cherohala Skyway. Our morning instructions state it quite clearly. We are to “1) Go to Tellico Plains, Tennessee, find the entrance to the Cherohala Skyway” and then “2) Drive to Robbinsville, North Carolina.” It’s the second day of the Moonshine Mille 2021, a 2-day 1,000-mile road rally that is taking
Fuck It – I Quit (a Tuscan catharsis haibun) Destination: Tranquility. I didn’t go in search of it, but I found tranquility in the gentle rolling hills of Tuscany. Or more correctly – tranquility found me, as I was somewhat lost beforehand. I knew there was an ache in my life, but I never realized
Seville Paseo Flamenco taps end silence lovers utter sighs on Plaza de España canal boats nearby. Air begins to chill as the blind man sits and cries night befalls Seville. —— Linked to dVerse Poets Pub — dVerse — Poetry Form: Seguidilla Grace is hosting tonight as we learn about a poetry form called Seguidilla.
Chase The Clouds Away — A Saguaro Haibun Destination: Saguaro National Park. Driving west across portions of West Texas is a painful experience. Looking around, the landscape is devoid of nearly everything — no mountains, no lakes, no grass, no features, not even a tumbleweed. More akin to a moonscape: dry, boring, and monotonous. New
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Tintern Abbey Are you art, architecture, or are you heavenly sent? One thing for certain time with you is well spent Built of old red sandstone spanning 400 years nearly a millennium later you have very few peers Sitting stoic and majestic along side the river Wye remains of transept gables point up toward the
