Poet, novelist, and travel writer William Graham holds a BA and MA in English and a MS in Communication from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He lives in Stowe, Vermont. Many of his books are also available on His latest novel is Portland Noir, the fourth and final installment in his Maine Murder Mysteries series.
It was early: in the morning, dawn on the equator in the country of Read on...
Lee Chapel. Washington and Lee University. Brick chapel built in 1867 on the campus of College. Renamed University Chapel in 2021. National Register of Historic Places 66000914 DSC_0028
The wedding of our niece (Susans brothers daughter) took us to Lexington, Virginia. We arrived the day before so as to have plenty of time to explore the town. This was our first time staying in an Airbnb. The ho Read on...
Three groups of four walkers each set off at intervals to make up our city walk this week. In Griffith Woods, autumn surrounded us: dried grass, bare trees, traces of old snow, hidden animals. Only tiny Wood Violets twinkled spring colour.
The excellent path, groomed but natural, cherished our feet for most of the way west along multiple strands of the Elbow River. The still water shone with refl Read on...
Planning a trip to Panama City was a bit like doing a jigsaw; post pandemic, most tourist attractions are only open a few days a week and putting together an itinerary which incorporated everything I wanted to do was fiddly. Then, I caught covid and we had to change all our flights. The result – our only full day for sightseeing is a Monday, when everything is closed. No matter, we will spend th Read on...
David Bowie spent one of the most fruitful periods of his career living in Berlin with fellow musician Iggy Pop. During this time, he kept himself separated from drugs and alcohol in a city divided. Bowie knew a different Berlin than that which exists today.
We started our tour with Martin at Potsdamer Platz for many years the location of a ghost station. When the Berlin Wall was built on August Read on...
Airlie Beach lies in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef, and consequently, its marketing slogan is The Heart of the Reef, which is also a reference to the nearby heart shaped coral cay that is Instagram famous. The Whitsunday Islands are located just offshore from Airlie Beach and its sister town, Shute Harbour, with the most recognizable being Hook Island, Hamilton Island and Whitsunday Island. Read on...
After a flight, we left the minus temperature and snow in Calgary behind to arrive in La Paz with a temperature of C. A departure delay and then arrival delays, resulted in us arriving in La Paz just in time for dinner so provisioning Rukba, a 41 Beneteau, had to wait until the morning. The crew went into town to buy provisions while I had the chart briefing and boat orientation. As soon as the Read on...
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Hier au soir je suis all manger sur le port, 300m environ de lhtel, et en my au retour, jtais content que ma voiture soit garde par la police du port. Des bandes gamins rom, les petits on en rencontre chez nous, ceux qui nont peur et qui ne reculent devant ri Read on...
Cest dans des conditions un peu spciales que ce blog, dans la voiture en attendant lembarquement, sur ma tablette (jai horreur de taper l dessus) connect en Bluetooth sur mon tlphone.
Une bonne nuit, et ce matin je pte la forme. Comme la journe va tre longue, en consultant le guide de la rgion, je vois que tout prs de Bari, il y aurait deux villages intressants voir. Comme tous les jours le mme Read on...
The run up through Jefferson National Forest to Covington is recognized as one of the more challenging sections of the route. It is a day of continuous gravel, deep in the national forest, tracking the ridges towards the NE. Very tough if wet. The route planners have it down as one days run. I wanted it in half a day, and then do half of the following days run, up to Williamsville VA. Getting ther Read on...