As I told y'all a couple of weeks ago, I like to watch the local television channels when I travel abroad. I watched an episode of The Simpsons in a hotel in Oslo, Norway when I was in town in 2015 to

My favorite snack is ants on a log. It's crunchy, salty, sweet and filling. When I'm feeling fancy (or crave the extra sweetness) I use dried cranberries instead of raisins and call them fire ants on a

Saw Swedish duo Niki & The Dove perform at South By Southwest in 2012 at Red 7 (now Barracuda) in Austin, TX and was instantly impressed with them. Musically they're solid and performing live they're

A place I always visit when in Reykjavík, Iceland is Reykjavíkurtjörnin (Reykjavík Lake), which is centrally located in the city's downtown. Here tourists and locals alike feed the many species of ducks,

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a well-equipped mobile audio/visual studio that travels the USA and is designed to provide students, their schools and communities with performances, demonstrations,

In Trondheim, Norway in August 2015 there was a heat wave going on, and the port city's proximity to the Norwegian Sea didn't do much to make the air cooler. I was in town to cover the music festival Pstereo

The island of Iceland is a very special -- history, culture, land, sea -- its sky colors are spectacular. This photo was taken at the Reykjavik Harbor at sunset, November of 2015. It's one of my happy

Looks like Komori's punny joke didn't go over well with Beau and Dexter.

As we're in the thick of pumpkin pie-making season, I was reminiscing this morning about summertime pies. In particular, the one time a few years ago that I made a raspberry cream pie that was perfect

Fall has fallen, Winter is well on its way, and the neighborhood is scented in backyard campfires -- my favorite smell. What is your favorite smell?

I try to go to the conference/festival South By Southwest - Music in Austin, TX every year to cover the Nordic bands (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands...) for Nordic

I like to stay in residential areas when traveling (rather than hotel/hostel) so I can "live like a native" and shop for food that I can make in a proper kitchen and watch the local television

When I'm in Austin, I try to carve out time to hit the trails of Barton Creek Greenbelt, which are nature-spaces nestled in residential areas but close to downtown. The Complete Guide to Austin Greenbelt

My view from the plane on the last leg of my first trip to Iceland in 2012 of a spectacular, technicolor sunrise.

Remembering that perfect summer night at Cathedral Park in Portland, Oregon many moons ago. !steemitworldmap 45.586894 lat -122.762475 long Sunset at Cathedral Park d3scr

Eating shellfish is labor intensive, but the payoff is so worth it. These platters of crawfish waiting to be cooked, along with potatoes and corn on the cob, were served at a fundraiser I attended a few

I spotted this purple beauty on the street outside one of the many bike shops in central Copenhagen, Denmark on one of my trips to this Nordic country en route to SPOT! Festival in Aarhus. If you visit

I've learned after attending shows by young Norwegian singer/producer/songwriter AURORA (in several times in Austin, TX, twice in Portland, OR and once in Bergen, Norway) that it's impossible to capture

Bleikøya is an island in the inner part of Oslofjord, about a 45 minute trip by ship from Oslo, Norway. I visited the island while in town to cover the music festival Øyafestivalen for Nordic Spotlight

This special place in Denmark is about a 30 minute train ride into the countryside from Aarhus. The property's use has evolved over decades. It's been a farm and village, a Dutchman's manor as trade from