Published September 8, 2017 Smoky Mountains This picture looks like a mountain on fire, but actually it is just a dramatic sunrise in the Smokies. The natural smoke […]
Published October 6, 2019 Old Friend. I recently returned from another visit to Costa Rica, a country I have visited so often that it is like being with […]
Published August 18, 2015 Winding Road The Blue Ridge Parkway is 469 miles of views. Construction began 80 years ago, and was finally finished in 1987. Though it […]
Published May 3, 2016 Abundant Azaleas I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]