Tag: Nature

At the beginning of the 20th century, a hilltop in Ascona, Switzerland became a center for unconventional idealists and reformers. Theosophists, writers, visual and...

Leaving County Sligo, our blog tour continued into remote County Donegal, its shoreline etched with bays and sandy beaches. Here, the weather is uncertain,...

The new driving route along 2,500 km (1,500 miles) of Ireland's Atlantic shoreline is now officially open. Stretching from Malin Head in the north--with...

In the shadow of Sligo's Benbulbin mountain, the Atlantic crooks inward onto Irish shores at Streedagh beach. A walk along this stretch of the...

Painted images are highly valued as tools representing the teachings of the Buddha. Buddhist wall paintings representing protector deities line the walls of temples...

Several years ago, on a weekend excursion to the mountains near Lucerne, my husband and I met a troupe of alphorn players from Canton...

This time last year, I was road-tripping across the Indian state of Gujurat.  Each morning seemed to herald a new world, the day’s beginning...

When leaves have already dropped elsewhere in Switzerland’s mountain regions, it is time to head south—as far south as you can go without leaving...

They are everywhere you look: beside precipitous mountain paths, under shady trees, in parks, and beside lakes and parking lots. Swiss benches are an...

Oases of green tucked here and there around New York City offer respite from summer heat. This was the view from my bench in...