
Rome had been a dream. It was a place I fantasized about as a young woman watching Roman Holiday over and over. I was Audrey Hepburn having her hair cut and styled from an admiring hairdresser, then buying hand-made sandals from a street vendor while licking un gelato cioccolato. It would be wonderful and worldly [...]

This week PBS is airing Ken Burns’ National Parks series. The series looks back at the development of the National Parks service and the people who had the foresight amid the Industrial Revolution to see the need for preserving these awe-inspiring lands. While some men were eager to cut down trees and develop these lands, [...]