Author: <span>Beth Hendrickson</span>

I first meet Betty on September 25, 2020. Betty lived in 1774. Betty just has a first name, like the five, sweet-eyelashed dairy cows who shared the courtyard with her…

Thoughts and Musings Wanderings and Travel

There’s this point in Odysseus’ quest when he lands on a shore the farthest point from home: the Underworld.   Odysseus takes his sword and very, very carefully digs a…

Thoughts and Musings Wanderings and Travel

We named our rental car “Blue Kula.”  It sounded sort of like “Blue Koolaid,” which tickled my 1980s pop culture fancy, but also combined elements of our vacation on Maui:…

Thoughts and Musings Wanderings and Travel

My Hawaiian Airlines experience was exactly what one would expect from a plane tasked with whisking vacationers to a tropical destination. I stepped from that Aloha shuttle into a Hawaii…

Thoughts and Musings Wanderings and Travel

Something that has mattered in my life is a “to and from.”  Going to Edisto Island, South Carolina and coming home from that family vacation, then planning to go again. …

Wanderings and Travel

“Stick your head through that wall,” I command a child.  Seems right for this place.  This place is a Roman amphitheater.  Site of gladiatorial battles.  This place is Arles, France. …

Thoughts Wanderings and Travel