Dance is this week’s travel theme from Where’s My Backpack? So, here we go, a collection of colorful frolicking from the months past. A king and the Maypole at the Maryland’s Renaissance Festival: Montresor and Fortunato, doomed by Poe long ago, stumbling over the bones at the Westminster Hall & Burying Ground: Performers practicing backstage at the DC Turkish … Continue reading
I loved the whirlwind of color, movement, and imagination stirred up by this week’s travel theme challenge from Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack: Multiples. There are so many great responses. I’d like to add mine to the chorus. My swarms, rows, and badelynges of multiples are grouped by season and month when I encountered them. 1. Winter 2. … Continue reading
Growing up so close to China, I was inevitably exposed to the intricacies of its lunar zodiac, with 12 bird and animal signs, each one influencing the personality and fortunes of a person born under its care and setting the tone for the year. Ever since I moved to the US, I missed this part of … Continue reading
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