Travel Stories, Cruise Reviews, and Cultural Adventures

Child born with Down Syndrome sparks  love, unity, courage in Cosgriffe family Christena's auntie Misha bestowed a pretty new dress!...

Remembering 'Uncle Cog' for his wry wit, Harry A. Cosgriffe,above right, poses with his siblings, circa 1930.From left, Richard...

"The water's running free and it's waiting there for me.... cool, clear water." Here, at Black's Beach in northern San Diego County, a...

The blossoms that bloom in the spring -- tra la -- here on a lovely street in La Jolla, Calif. BOWERS OF BUDS TAKE A BOW  AS SUMMER...

HORSE HAS BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER and JANE MILDER   This scene, of horses in...

The bird is the word A noisy jay -- Mexican jay we think, but possibly scrub jay, is an acrobatic, enthusiastic regular at the San Diego...

Cookie joined thousands of other Jazzercise dancers on the USS Midway in San Diego, to fight breast cancer.  COME JOIN, GET FIT, JAZZ IT...

The violet blossoms of the jacaranda trees are brilliant.   Imported from Mediterranean cities such as Barcelona, they number  in the...

Bruce Keller and his mother, Jean Keller, board a harbor cruise at Oceanside, where Jean taught Keller to paint as a lad. STORY By...

Dreams inspire trip, tattoos; roadies set off with a poem      POEM by CHRISTENE MEYERS  PHOTOS by BRUCE KELLER     This week, twin dreams came down to us with travel forecasts bold.      Our vision puts us on the road (We're doing what we're told.)      Midlife crisis?  Call us nuts.      For sticks and stones don't phase us.      We're grabbing gusto, bucket listing,      singing, playing, praise us!     We've bought twin Harleys, new tattoos      so on the road we

Pansies are perennial favorites in Ashland, Oregon, and this one was part of a shop windowbox display.    STORY by Christene Meyers    ...

COOKIE RECALLS MISS AMERICA, PROTESTS, PLAYBOY AND HER FEMINIST GROUNDING STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS THE SUMMER of 1968 was a memorable...

STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS      PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER    Winter in the northern Rockies can be magnificent and frightening. It can...

STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER Blog tidings – from the Beartooths of Montana to the coast of southern California.  In...