Getting up at 4 a.m. to write comes with an unexpected benefit: In my groggy-yet-focused writing state, I simply don’t have the energy to criticize my words. That’s right, folks, my dreaded Inner Critic likes to sleep in!
Category: Travel Photo Essays
Travel tips, photos & travelogues from all over the world.
Where is Glen Rose, Texas and why should you visit? Glen Rose is a sleepy little Texan town roughly an hour’s drive southwest of Fort Worth, and about an hour and a half southwest of Dallas. Read on for firsthand descriptions of the tourist attractions I explored, plus a couple fun places I discovered on my own. Planning your visit At the bottom of this page, you will find a handy summary of: GPS friendly addresses Admission prices Hours of operation Insider tips and firsthand suggestions Dinosaur Valley State Park A trip to Glen Rose isn’t complete without paying homage…
It looked like someone was playing celestial tic-tac-toe last week here in north Texas. The first lines I saw in the sky on the morning of April 6, 2012 were some really big X’s. That was around 9:00 a.m. I meant to take a photo of them, but got distracted. (I was at work, so most likely the phone rang and drew me back into the office.) Around 10:15 a.m. I popped out of the office and noticed a big circular contrail in the sky. This time I snapped a couple of photos with my iPhone camera. I zoomed in…
I can’t imagine any other circumstance in which I would see a bunch of Texans walking around, grinning with delight at the sight of a room chock full of bugs other than the annual butterfly exhibit in Fort Worth, Texas.
Here’s my ROW80 check in: It’s been a challenging adjustment working at my husband’s boat shop. Most days I manage to peek at Twitter, my email, and post photos on Instagr.am, but they don’t call it, “the busy season,” for nothing. By the time I get home, I’m too frazzled and tired to string words together. In fact, since I struggle with anemia-related fatigue, I often crawl right into bed after work. After my first week, it became obvious that I was not going to get any writing done if I didn’t do something differently. But what? Since my writing…
Yesterday, a dozen or so tornadoes touched down here in the Dallas – Fort Worth region of north Texas. It was scary! My husband, Larry, and I were driving to lunch when I began to realize we were in for severe weather. My first clue was an ominous deep gray sky to the east of us contrasted by bright sun to the west. My second clue came after we ordered our food at the restaurant. I glanced up at the TV and saw an incredible weather video in which semi-trucks and trailers were flung around like toys in Lancaster, a…