Daily snapshots: Travel in Central Arizona 2014
I had planned to make my usual quick winter trip to Arizona to visit my parents and as many friends as we could, but the cheapest air fare I could find required a 10-day stay. Read More …
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Paper magic at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis
I’ll never look at one of those cut-paper snowflakes the same way after seeing Papercut! The Incredible Psaligraphy of Karen Bit Vejle at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The magic of paper in Read More …
“Made in Minnesota” at the Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
This sweet show at the University of Minnesota’s Katherine Nash Gallery almost came and went without our noticing. Almost. As it happens, late in the week I came across a short notice on the show Read More …
Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway, North Dakota
The Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway wanders south and east out of Valley City to Lisbon in eastern North Dakota. Last summer we followed a portion of it as far south as Fort Ransom. The Read More …
Faded Beauty at the Minnesota State Capitol
Minnesota’s state capitol is a beauty, but it’s become a bit of a faded beauty over the years. Maybe not quite as faded as in these pictures, but you get the idea. Fortunately, a project Read More …
Cliff dwellings at Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona
I’ll admit it: I didn’t want to stop here because the name put me off. Montezuma Castle sounds like something a carnival tout came up with in the 1920s. I love ancient ruins and try Read More …
Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, Minnesota
The Hjemkomst Center is tucked into a leafy corner of Moorhead between an apartment complex and the Red River. If you miss it and find yourself crossing the First Avenue Bridge into Fargo, just take Read More …
There Were Still a Few Lingering Butterflies, Columbus, Ohio
The butterfly exhibit had officially ended when we visited the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus last fall. But it’s not like you can just go in and collect up all your butterflies to send along Read More …
Looking Back: A Quick Trip to Sedona, Arizona
I’m planning to visit Sedona this winter, so thought it was a good time to return to previously unposted photos and thoughts from a September 2009 trip. Note that, this time, I’m having no second Read More …
Trees in Fort Ransom State Park, North Dakota
No matter how many times I insisted that North Dakota has trees, it seemed that my husband was never going to believe me. To his credit, he’d never traveled beyond North Dakota’s (basically treeless) Red Read More …