Travel
Traveling the world is a life goal for many of us. Vacations offer a respite from the everyday, but travel also provides the added benefit of expanding our worldviews and bringing a new perspective on our lives. With the right advice from travel articles and well-traveled friends, your adventure is ready to begin!
A Lesson Learned During a Family Trip to a Hobbit House
It would be a magical anniversary trip in The Shire of Montana—as long as their daughter could follow the rules.
Farewell for Just a While
With final edits due on a family memoir about Alzheimer’s as well as travel to Oberammergau, blogging takes a break.
Greetings from Small-Town America: Monroeville, Alabama
Alabama’s literary capital has much to offer tourists, especially if they’re fans of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Greetings from Monroeville, Alabama
Monroeville, Alabama, hometown to author Harper Lee, has come to be known as the state's literary capital.
Greetings from Small-Town America: Hamilton, Missouri
This quiet locale is a hub for quilters, with a number of shops and a museum about the founder of JCPenney.
Greetings from Hamilton, Missouri
A business owner and two museum directors share what makes their home town a popular and inspiring vacation destination.
6 Benefits of Exploring New Places
Stepping out of your bubble can be a rewarding experience for your mind, body and soul.
7 Quirky American Towns You'll Want to Visit
These small locales might not be well-known, but each have something special to offer.
When a Long-Planned Trip Fell Through, She Put Herself in God's Hands
She missed her flight to a much-needed spiritual retreat in Assisi. Now what?
Greetings From Small-Town America: Poteau, Oklahoma
A native son of this community in eastern Oklahoma shares what makes his hometown so special, including the world’s highest hill.
Greetings from Madison, Indiana
Residents share info about and express their pride in Georgetown, Madison's historic Black neighborhood that was a active stop on the Underground Railroad.
Greetings from Small-Town America: Madison, Indiana
Residents of this Midwestern town share what makes their historic Georgetown neighborhood so special
Greetings from Small-Town America: Leavenworth, Washington
This Washington mountain town, modeled after a Bavarian village and home of the Nutcracker Museum, attracts millions of visitors—at Christmas and all year round.
Greetings from Leavenworth, Washington
Residents of Leavenworth, Washington, share what's special about their hometown and why it attracts many thousands of visitors each year who are drawn to its Alpine atmosphere during the Christmas season.
Oberammergau’s Passion Play Resumes in 2022
Delayed by Covid, an Alpine village continues its theatrical tradition of depicting the final days of Christ.
How Their Holy Land Trip Fostered Peace and Goodwill
A fleeting interaction involving a Christian grandmother, a Muslim grandmother, a Jewish mother and an adopted girl in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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