Month: June 2025

Our travels began and ended on the train. An Amtrak roomette is about the size of my dining room table. Cozy for one, tight for two. On a suggestion on the internet, we booked two roomettes across the hall from each other. Enough personal space for each of us and views out both sides of…

I am a suburban girl. In my experience, flowers are bought at a nursery, carefully placed in specific beds, watered, fertilized, and cared for. Anything else growing there is a weed. But maybe I’m wrong. Much of the country we crossed in the train seemed untouched by humans. Mountains rose near and far, some crowned…

I got home on Saturday, May 10th. I’d promised my feet at least 2 days of rest (more about that later), so I unpacked and hunkered down, planning to post on Monday the 12th. However, … I got off the train with a dry cough. Two days later it was followed by a violent cough,…