Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
Historical Fiction & Business Author, World Traveler & Speaker
I have taken several online writing courses since house-arrest began, and in one (a session put on by Connie Messing, one of the Writers in Residence for Metro Edmonton Federation of Libraries), we were asked to write (with no thinking…
Panic didn’t really set in for us until borders started closing and flights being cancelled. In my previous blog post (Love in the Time of Coronavirus), I wrote that after it was clear our March 30 KLM flights from Malaga…
It seems like years since we were in Cape Verde, given all that has happened since we returned to Malaga just over two weeks ago. I still have other posts about Cape Verde that I will put up eventually, but…
I fell in love with the island of Santo Antao, Cape Verde. The hiking, the people, the music ... all outstanding!
DH has done it again: found a charming little hotel in a stellar location, this time in the Paul Valley of the island of Santo Antão, Cape Verde. When we arrived at the ferry dock in Porto Novo we were…
Remember to stay Zen As you may recall, we were unable to buy a visa for more than 30 days at the airport when we landed in Cape Verde. In theory we should have been able to get a 90…
Carnival is a big deal in Mindelo. They say it is 2nd only to Rio in scope. But even the weeks leading up to it are full of excitement. Part of that is the weekly parade of the Mandinga Warriors…
I have fallen in love with Cape Verdean music. Mindelo is a wonderful place to go hear it.
Our visit to the interior of Santiago island, in Cape Verde. We stayed at a lovely B&B called Cote de France. They really support local culture and agriculture.
The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer My rating: 4 of 5 stars I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is a blend of fiction and nonfiction (troublingly so for many reviewers) based on the life of Varian Fry. Fry worked tirelessly…
Our guide, Zegue, met us at the gates of the Cote de France, a hiker’s B&B in among the jagged mountain peaks of Santiago Island, in Cape Verde. It was only 9:00 a.m. but already the sun was hot. DH…
Tema and Christophe ready to tour Maio Today Christophe loaded us into his rattling old pickup truck for a tour of the 269 square km island of Maio. It is 24 km long by 16 km wide at its largest…