One Minnesota Crone is on the road.
Category Archives: travel
A Little Down Time and Upcoming Conversations with Poets
A little down time and plans for future conversations with poets.
On the Road in France
I’ve been traveling for the past week and a half through different wine regions in France, along with my partner Mick and our friends Susan and Ned. We spent one night in Paris, three nights in Epernay, three nights in Tours, and are wrapping things up with four nights in Saint Emilion. We’ve tasted lotsContinue reading “On the Road in France”
Oregon, Ocean, Mother-Daughter Time
Above my writing desk hangs a magnetic bulletin board on which I have photos of my kids, grandkids, partner, friends. One of my favorite pictures is of me with my daughter Abby when we went to New York City after she graduated from high school ten years ago. In the picture, we are each holdingContinue reading “Oregon, Ocean, Mother-Daughter Time”
Under Lake Superior’s Spell
A summer weekend in northern Minnesota is a time-honored tradition. There is always a lake nearby, with Minnesota’s more than 10,000 lakes. Lake Superior is my favorite, its water never completely still, its laps against the shore the best kind of late night lullaby. Loons call to each other, their eerie songs blending in withContinue reading “Under Lake Superior’s Spell”
Poetics of Travel: Ireland 2022
It was with a certain amount of pandemic-induced trepidation that I packed my 40-liter backpack for 10 days in Ireland the evening of May 27. In the morning, my partner Mick, our friends Mark and Mary, and I boarded a plane to Chicago, landed at O’Hare, boarded another plane to Dublin. We arrived in Dublin at the crack of dawn on a Sunday, then headed north in a rented Opel Crossland with a manual transmission.
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