U.S. Travel

Note: I didn’t travel anywhere this holiday season, but right now my husband is stranded in Oregon due to a blizzard. Though I’m cozy at home, I started remembering this tale of [...]

Author’s note: I didn’t travel anywhere this holiday season, but right now my husband is stranded in Oregon due to a blizzard here in Colorado. Though I’m cozy at home, I started remembering this [...]

On Christmas day, my husband, my dad, and I went snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a gorgeous sunny day, mild in temperature, with no wind—unusual in winter in the high [...]

Originally published, November, 2010 The Channel Islands captured my imagination during fifth grade, when I read Scott O’Dell’s Newbery Award-winning book, Island of the Blue Dolphins. The novel [...]