by Fyllis Hockman | Jul 18, 2015
I am sweating profusely. My pores are so over-run with liquid that I fear I will float away in a river of my own perspiration. Since I am molting inside a sweat lodge, I figure I can’t go very far. Temporarily reassured. And the ritual itself started off innocently...
by Fyllis Hockman | May 23, 2015
This is not your typical travel story. Oh sure, it started out that way. A story about a tour sponsored by Overseas Adventure Travel they called “The Crossroads of the Adriatic.” This story was going to be all about sights and nature — medieval town of Dubrovnik in...
by Fyllis Hockman | Mar 28, 2015
What do William Wordsworth, William Yeats and Jemima Puddle-Duck have in common? Well, they all lived in and around the fairy-tale villages of England’s Lake District, but only one of them actually is a fairy tale. And possibly the most famous of the three — at least...
by Fyllis Hockman | Jan 24, 2015
The year is 1645. The most virulent strain of the Bubonic Plague has immobilized Edinburgh, Scotland, claiming the lives of more than half the city’s population. The area hardest hit: Mary King’s Close on High Street, a busy thoroughfare and lively 17th century street...
by Fyllis Hockman | Oct 11, 2014
If houses say much about the people who live in them, three homes in the Charlottesville, Virginia area reveal much about three early American presidents. Their occupants were among eight presidents who were born in that state, and helped it earn its nickname as “The...