Lay Claim to Your Own Life: Reading and Writing
Reading Time: 2 minutesReading and writing are my addictions. I read to escape. I read to go deeper, to focus, to travel. I
Author: MIchele Potter
1880’s Andover, Dakota Territory
Reading Time: 8 minutesMy grandmother Daisy Potter reaches her hand to me from across time, from the beginnings of her life. She has
Iwo Jima
Reading Time: 12 minutesFebruary 16, 1945. Iwo Jima The last letter I have from my father to my mother was one she carefully
Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe day fades as we drive our VW camper over the Edmund Pettus Bridge into Selma. We’ve just left Montgomery,
Best Job Ever
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt was an adventure. There was a day recently when we lost a ski while I was teaching my ski
Why We Travel: The Fall of Rome & Other Empires
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhile I was climbing Mount Etna, I got a horrible cold. It was so bad, in fact, that I lost
While I was climbing Mt. Aetna…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhile I was climbing Mt. Etna… This is a phrase that bears repeating, and so I try to use it
Palermo: Cultural City of 2018
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen I don’t know what to do first, I just watch people and pick out someone who looks like they
Ischia: Elena Ferrante Goes to Paradise. And so do I, alas.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe next day, a Monday, arrives like a hangover. It is slightly rainy and gray, and everyone is gone. There
Read story…Ischia: Elena Ferrante Goes to Paradise. And so do I, alas.
Gritty Naples: Full of life, but watch your wallet
Reading Time: 4 minutesNaples has welcomed American Sailors since time immemorial (at least since World War II) and it still welcomes everyone, that
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