Okay, I know I said I was off this week, but I could not resist sharing with you this photo that we used for our Christmas Card this year. So Happy New Year to you wherever you are in the world from Tucson, Arizona. See more Travel Photo Thursday pictures from everywhere in the world [...]
Last night, the cupcake elves announced the winners of the drawings for Passports With Purpose prizes. I got all excited when I saw an e-mail headed “You’re a Passsports With Purpose Prize Winner.” Turns out they were not referring to ME (It’s not all about me???)–they were passing on the names of the three people [...]
Christmas greenery looks a bit different in the desert. Merry Christmas from Tucson, Arizona. From another desert garden. And a hummingbird adds some sparkle. These images are my contribution to Travel Photo Thursday. You can see more contributions at Budget Travelers’ Sandbox. Have a wonderful holiday and I’ll see you in a couple of weeks. [...]
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A Traveler’s Library will close down for a few days between Christmas and New Years Day, but if you need a little something to read over the holidays, here are this year’s Twelve Days of Christmas Reading suggestions from previous posts here and essays I posted elsewhere. And if my posts lead you to [...]
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Destination: California Book: California: On-the-Road-Histories by Victor Silverman and Laurie Glover Pin it
Already know about Passports with Purpose? Skip to the picture of shiny ribbons for FOUR gift shopping discounts !! Well we did it–4 founders up in Seattle, some big donor sponsors, and lots of donors of prizes, including Hotel Monteleone, Interlink Books and MacMillan Audio. And YOU who bid on prizes. The bidding closed last [...]
Time is running out for Passports With Purpose. My favorite New Orleans hotel stepped up for the third year in a row and offered a 3-night stay in the family-owned, French Quarter Hotel Monteleone for Passports With Purpose. Now, if you hang around Passports With Purpose very much, you know that cupcakes are a recurring [...]
Wednesday Matinee Destination: Spain Movie: The Way (NEW) Starring Martin Sheen,directed by Sheen’s son Emilio Estevez By Jane Boursaw Clearly, I live a sheltered life. I’d never even heard of the Camino de Santiago until watching The Way, a lovely film about a man whose life takes an interesting turn when he goes to Europe [...]
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Travel With Taste Destination: The American West Cookbook: Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drummond By Brette Sember If you haven’t heard of Ree Drummond, you’ve been missing out. Drummond has a hit blog, a memoir , a TV show, and a best-selling cookbook, Pioneer Woman Cooks. Drummond was a big city girl who fell head over heels with [...]
