A bench is an invitation to become one with it for a while, to sit and be still in your surroundings, and let nature and the world flow around you.

We are all armchair travelers right now during the trials of COVID-19, and today I’m thinking of an afternoon stroll, a long conversation and the birds in St. James Park.

A solo trip to a botanical garden was a tonic in troubled times and the inspiration for a poem.

Just around the corner from crowded Covent Garden in London, I found an unexpected peaceful haven, a magical courtyard. I had entered another dimension, Harry Potter-style.

If Easter lilies are white, perhaps these gorgeous red lilies are Good Friday lilies.

Dazzling colors and green spaces that can be found all over Paris are the subject of this January Dreaming post.

Afternoon tea at the palace where Queen Victoria grew up – by Jove, it was a jolly good show!

A few tips about what to do in Paris if you only have a couple of days. Walk, look and listen!

Scottish bees and purple flowers, and a haiku.

Aberdeen’s Cruickshank Botanic Garden on the King’s College campus in Old Aberdeen is gorgeous and haiku-inspiring.

An image inspires a variety of possible stories, imagined through haiku – Part 2.

An image inspires a variety of possible stories, imagined through haiku.

Some days exceed expectations: Hyde Park, Picasso and me.