Destination: Cambodia Books: You Buy ‘em! Because the Khmer Rouge routinely slaughtered anyone in Cambodia who was educated, the country needs to restore literacy to its nation, but how can that happen when children are wandering the dusty roads instead of going to school? It is heart breaking. But you can help. Passports With Purpose: [...]
Cambodia’s Children Need Schools Among the things we are thankful for: Good schools for our children and grandchildren. True, the United States education system is not perfect. What is? But compared to many countries, it is luxurious. Take the beautiful country of Cambodia, one of those places we have traveled to that sticks in our [...]
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A reader of my gift list requested some less expensive suggestions, and here they are. Not all for travelers, but then, not everybody shares our passion to travel and read travel literature. So here are some great suggestions.
When I started thinking about trains and train travel after reading Waiting on a Train, it seemed that everywhere I turned, people were thinking about trains. Here are some of the interesting things I found on the net.
Destination: Anywhere the train goes Book: Waiting on a Train: The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service by James McCommons (released Nov.5) My brother-in-law, Wayne Price is a foamer. My sister doesn’t deny it, although he might. I know that he has filled an entire room with an exquisite miniature railroad, all scenery made by [...]
Destination: The World Books: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck A GUEST POST by Shannon McKenna Schmidt, co-author of [...]
Quick note to let you know that the lovely blog, Novel Destinations has interviewed me (here). I think of them as a sister blog since they direct people on travels inspired by authors and their writing.
Nathanial Philbrick’s book Mayflower deepens our understanding of the Pilgrim settlers.
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