The Stanley Hotel Shines
Unstable weather and thunderstorms came in quick succession all through the day of our Estes Park visit. In anticipation of downpours we scheduled a tour of the Stanley Hotel which inspired Stephen King to write “The Shining”. As a sensitive, I can usually tell if a place is uneasy—if it holds on to its past in an ungodly way—a place where time unusually overlaps. I assure you—the Stanley Hotel ...
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Medicine Bow Wyoming
Webster’s New World Dictionary defines a pilgrimage as a journey to a shrine or holy place and/or any long journey to a place of historical interest. Exploration of the American West has become my pilgrimage. If you’ve read my memoir, Balanced on the Edge of the Crowd, you already have a sense of me and my early trip west from the Big Apple as a teenager. Now, as a calmer adult, ...
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Freedom to Rest—Elephant Seals Migration to Piedras Blancas
Female Elephant Seals spend most of their time at sea solitarily foraging the open ocean. In early May I fell among them, pointing and clicking my camera, to capture some rest.
“Are you cold?” asked the volunteer docent, a kind elderly man with grey eyes and a gentle way. “I have an extra windbreaker you can borrow.”
I hesitated long enough to delve into his face—haven’t seen ...
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