Yeah, my favorite food is finally in season! Nothing like a handful of ice cold grapes after a warm summer run. Grapes are available almost year round but I am picky about my grapes. They…

Today, finally, I was ready to run again. I laced up my running shoes and headed out the front door for a short, 2.1 mile adventure. Lawns along my route were damp from recent watering…

Good, fresh food is widely available in Peru. For the most part, food is prepared from scratch and each plate is served as it is prepared. This means the polite US custom of waiting till…

My patio crops did not fair well in my 8 day absence. The temperature in Knoxville soared to 95* and we had little rain. While our travel is usually scheduled for late August and the…

After 23 hours of travel, we are home from Peru. I have been mostly awake for the last 36 hours with a few small snatches of sleep and consider myself functional but very dull. As…