Poolside Reading for 2016

I absolutely love to read, and have since I was a young girl. I read veraciously back then, consuming everything in our small Iowa-town library.  Some of my favorite gifts are still, as they were back then, a favorite book, or another book by a favorite author.

Our Elephant Adventure Part II

It's water for elephants.  In real life.  

Our Elephant Adventure

Allow me introduce you to my elephant.  I adopted her for the day at Patara Elephant Farm in Chiang Mai Thailand.  Since I couldn't pronounce her Thai name (Mae Bwaan Tong) very well, I nicknamed her "Betty".  It was love at first sight.  This is an extraordinary experience, one of the best things I've ever done ~ let me tell you about it.

Day Trip to Laos

Water buffaloes and cobra whiskey ~ what an interesting day in Laos!