The first thing you notice when you get off of your cruise ship in St. Petersburg, Russia isn’t the weird ass spelling of McDonalds, it’s the unsmiling people in uniform. One of these custom’s agents will take your passport, grasping it by the edges to keep any seedy foreign germs…

I’m in charge of this bedraggled crew. Love them! When you travel abroad, you become alarmingly aware of other citizens from the United States. It’s not that you’re looking for a taste of home or someone who shares your popular culture, it’s that US citizens tend to be loud. I’ve…

Ship’s Log Star Date: 10 07 2012 Arrived in Copenhagen at ten am and went for a fun five mile run with our local guide, Troels. Though we had never seen a local before, we were able to spot him immediately when we stepped off the ship. He was tall,…

This great Youtube book trailer is for A Time Never Lived by Terri-Lynne DeFino. Teri-Lynne is launching her book this weekend in Kansas City, Missouri at ConQuest (Sheraton). If you want something fun to do this Saturday and desire to meet a really cool author, stop in around 4 pm and stay…

I have often had the pleasure of being entertained by my open, joyful, and imaginative friend, Terri-Lynne DeFino, but never more so then when I visited the world she created in her first novel, Finder. A thoroughly engaging read Finder proved as creative, open, breathtaking, and unique as the woman herself….