Use LCD Screens To Compose A Photo, Viewfinders Only When You Have To 12/27/12: I think the LCD screen on the Canon Rebel is perfect for composing a picture. The viewfinder is good in bright, sunny conditions when you can’t… Continue Reading →

EYES PEERED OUT FROM THE GORSE BUSHES: NEW FOREST NATIONAL PARK We drove along the heath in our yellow tour bus on our shore excursion last July 13 when I saw more and more low, green bushes hugging the ground…. Continue Reading →

CLOSE: IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOWER OF LONDON: 12/25/12: There we stood huddled together in the Close on a chilly, rainy day last July 13, when we looked up through a latticed window and saw what looked like the Tower… Continue Reading →

I WAS BACK IN THE MIDDLE AGES FOR SURE: SALISBURY CATHEDRAL REVIEW From the second I saw the famous spire of this Gothic Cathedral piercing the sky on a gray day with lowering clouds last July 13, I knew I… Continue Reading →

SUPERNATURAL STONEHENGE Stonehenge looks supernatural, haunted, and scary. Suddenly monstrous-size plinths confront you standing up on end as if space aliens or at least invisible beings put them that way for no apparent reason. You think that if you trip… Continue Reading →

Cruise Mates Posting July 6th Crossing: My July 6 Crossing on QM2 Was Gothic: 12/22/12 The noon report said that we had cleared the Grand Banks of Newfoundland at 8:00AM this morning. We were skirting the Flemish Cap and were… Continue Reading →

How To Write A Damn Good Novel by James N. Frey: Read Chapter 8 First 12/21/12 The author’s best advice comes in chapter 8: Rewriting. He advises aspiring novelists to join a “destructive group” that will tear your novel apart…. Continue Reading →

The Only Way To Cross: This Book Reminds Me Of My Grandmother 12/2012 Back in the early and mid sixties my grandmother used to drop by my parents’ house and regale my parents with tales of the ocean liners of… Continue Reading →

You Can Imagine That You Are Crown Princess Cecilia: Review of Schloss Cecilienhof Tudor Romanticism and World Politics The Cecilienhof was the last residence built by the Hohenzollerns , the Royal Family of Prussia, during the early years of World… Continue Reading →

Most Outstanding Book On The Original Queen Mary: RMS Queen Mary The World’s Favorite Liner The first time I ever encountered this book was on the Queen Mary 2 last summer on the way from Southampton to New York. It… Continue Reading →