Palermo's cathedral

One part Norman fort, one part mosque. An extraordinary building from the crusader era (and before).
Such a change from chilly, grey, pretty and wet Seattle!

The alps on route to Italy

Wow. What a view.

Happy Easter from land of chocolate

Zurich airport's transit lounge is an easy place for you to part with more than a few Swiss Francs.

Where in the world

Even after the all-too-familiar experience of trying to curl up across a couple of too short seats and having the armrest stick in my neck, it never gets old to wake up to a map on the seat back entertainment screen.

JFK 5pm Sat March 19

I am hoping to get to Palermo in Sicily tomorrow. My winter teaching ended yesterday, so I'm on my unpaid spring break. So now I have time to travel. Fingers crossed that I get seats on 3 more planes. It's been over 3 months since I traveled anywhere, and I feel grumpy and uninspired. I'm looking forward to recharging my batteries with some R&R somewhere a little warmer, and definitely very different to Seattle.

At Skye Nursery on Aurora in Shoreline

It's early spring and the weather is unsettled, so it's nice to visit this big garden store and visit with the perfect plants. Of course there's a coffee stand so I can sip my cappuccino while inhaling the scents of mulch and pollen. I wonder if Louisa really wrote this lovely sentiment.

Happy birthday

My wish for this year is happiness and acceptance.