Posted by in India (Disclaimer: this is the sole experience and research of the author) The experiences of my recent trip to India are still swirling in my mind. I have shared one story many times about a small middle-class village of about 500 people we visited on our tour. The titles of my last two blogs, “Take A…Read more »
It is now almost 4 weeks since my return from India, and I am having trouble wrapping my head around this complex yet amazing country. I was sent this VIDEO, and within 2.5 minutes, it explained my conundrum. I have traveled to over 50 countries and lived in 3, but none hold a candle to…Read more »
I returned a of couple weeks ago from India on a 17 day tour with Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) to circumnavigate a section of the northeast. 14 American’s and I began our trip in Delhi. “Isn’t it crowded and polluted?” my friends asked me. Yes, there are 34 million people crowded in the metropolitan area,…Read more »
From sunrise to sunset of 2025, what a year this has been. I want to share some photos from this past year. Morocco, the Sahara Desert, a family visit, a surgery gone wrong, and my writing adventures. With health issues mostly behind me, I’m ready for more adventure. Wishing you and yours a wonderful New…Read more »
My poem, Curiosity and Wonder was selected for publication in early 2026 in an anthology of short stories and poems by several local authors. The submission was based on the theme Family: Formed, Found, and Chosen, in response to the memoir Solito by Javier Zamora, which tells the story of a nine-year-old child making his…Read more »
Several weeks ago, I developed community-acquired pneumonia, AKA walking pneumonia. I lay weeks on the couch, listless, weak, with no appetite. My family doctor tried diligently to avert it. When it developed into a bacterium, the antibiotics finally worked. But until I fully recovered, I couldn’t shut my mind off. Over the days and weeks,…Read more »
Posted by in Travel Even though it’s been months since I returned from Morocco in December 2024, the fond memories of that country and its people have left an indelible mark I won’t easily forget. I wrote about the sheep migration in an earlier blog. But there was so much more. In several instances, it seemed that life stood…Read more »
Posted by in Travel (Click on the two video links below) Our OAT Tour (Overseas Adventure Tour) was winding through the mid-Atlas Mountains of Morocco in 2024 when our guide, Mohamed told our driver to stop the bus and said with excitement, “Come and look!” Mohamed is Amazigh or Berber as Westerners call the indigenous people. (Amazigh is their…Read more »
As this rosy sunrise brought us 2024, much has happened in our lives and around the world. But as the sun sets this December, I want to end with photos taken throughout the year. I have written about some of the images with others in upcoming blogs. Enjoy, and I wish you a healthy and splendid…Read more »
Posted by in Pink Flamingos, Travel In recent months Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon bombed each other only a few miles from my Lebanese family. At this moment there is a ceasefire agreement. This is a Christmas Story that happened in December 2022 during a peaceful time in Lebanon with its struggling economy. I found a safe window of travel to…Read more »
Susan E. Greisen 