When I was a child, I fell in love with a 1940’s book, “Pam’s Paradise Ranch.” It was a girl-loves-horses-adventure-delight, set in Hawaii, a world of paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys). …

Let the good times roll … and in Cajun country, they’re all good times. I made a very important discovery on a recent trip to southwest Louisiana … these folks are having more fun. They have clear priorities: music, dancing, food, friendship. Sure, we all have to work, but life…

Don’t Feed The Snow Monkeys There was no snow in early December in the Nagano prefecture. We’d taken trains from Tokyo to Nagano to Yudanaka Station, then a bus to the entrance to the trail that led through the forest to the hot springs where we might — -or might…

Hi Wabi Sabi Readers! It’s Ella and Elizabeth from @The_Lowest_Star again. We’re two writers traveling across America — reviewing its lowest-rated bars as we go. You can read more about our story here. That’s how we found ourselves at the two lowest-rated bars in Lawrence, Kansas on Valentine’s Day. Our…

Hi Wabi-Sabi readers! We’re Ella and Elizabeth. This year, we are doing a series of writing residencies across the USA, which is how we met Wabi Sabi’s magnificent editor Susan Kraus. We wanted to really get to know the towns we visited during our cross country-journey. And how? We realized…

The posters for the annual festival of Dia de los Muertos boasted that the best mariachi band in all of Mexico would be playing in the village square of Todos Santos at 7 p.m. So we arrive a bit early to the small town on the western coastline of Los…

It was about six weeks before our 40th wedding anniversary when I realized that I did not want to go to Eureka Springs or Lied Lodge in Nebraska City or Kansas City. Yes, I enjoy those places, but this was special. Forty years deserves someplace with a passport. We chose…

The wind picked up as the ferry left Homer through Kachemak Bay out into Cook Inlet. But the sun was shining, which we took as a blessing for our day of exploring. We were headed for Seldovia, an Alaskan village accessible only by boat or small plane, with a population…

Covid-19 had a significant impact on our lives, turning them upside down and inside out. And travel — one of the great freedoms and benefits of the senior years — has been particularly affected. A recent national survey (October 2021) by Destination Analysts indicated that nearly 45 percent of people…