by Jeannie Ralston | Dec 29, 2021
Editor’s Note: This article was the most read of 2021 because, we believe, our long-pent-up wanderlust needs an outlet. With all the interest in the Inca Trail, we have put together a 8-day, 7-night trip to Peru, Oct. 2-9, 2022, that includes 4 days and 3 nights...
by Jeannie Ralston | Dec 27, 2021
Editor’s Note: At the end of every year, we look at the most read stories over the previous 12 months. This story, published in late May, is the third most-read. It’s strange to read this story about older people getting their vaccinations first...
by Jeannie Ralston | Dec 10, 2021
It looked like a pyramid for a pygmy god. Or a doghouse for a royal Mayan canine. It did not look like something my 5-feet-8-inch body would fit into. Especially with five other people joining me. The peaked structure was covered in pink stone and sat right next to...
by Jeannie Ralston | Nov 8, 2021
Every time I looked at it, the unadorned finger on my left hand made me sad. For more than 29 years (except for a strange gap of a few months), a silver band had encircled the third finger, the ring finger. But since I put my wedding ring away three months ago, it’s...
by Jeannie Ralston | Oct 28, 2021
A portrait of the namesake of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center hangs in the auditorium where we held our first in-person event since the pandemic shut down the world. She’s not necessarily known for being bold—how could she be with that outspoken,...