by Nancy Herkness | Sep 16, 2013 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
For his 21st birthday trip, Super Son decided he wanted to go “someplace different”, so he chose Portugal. The tour he liked had two parts: Lisbon and its environs and the Douro River. So we packed our bags and took off for the country of the great...
by Nancy Herkness | Apr 16, 2013 | Adventures, Home, Take Me Home, travel, Uncategorized, West Virginia
I was visiting my folks in my hometown of Lewisburg, West Virginia, when–serendipity!–I discovered they were holding the Seventh Annual Chocolate Festival. Since I am an unrepentant chocoholic, I insisted my husband accompany me to check it out. There was...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 13, 2013 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
This was the question everyone asked when my Handsome Husband and I found ourselves with a dog-sitter, an open weekend, and cancelled travel plans. We decided to go to Philadelphia and no one could figure out why. Herewith are all the good reasons. First, I got a...
by Nancy Herkness | Oct 11, 2012 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
Exploring outside Santa Fe is fabulous too. We headed north to Taos where, much to our disappointment, the Taos Pueblo was closed for undisclosed reasons. However, I was delighted to discover that the fifth highest vehicular bridge in the U.S. is nearby. You all...
by Nancy Herkness | Oct 1, 2012 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
Handsome Husband and I kept hearing about how fabulous Santa Fe is so we decided our “empty nest” trip (the one we take to cheer ourselves up after the children disappear off to college in the fall) should be to New Mexico. It was a little scary at first...
by Nancy Herkness | Sep 6, 2012 | Adventures, Books, travel, Uncategorized, writing
Why is it great to be a writer? There are so many reasons—no commute, no pantyhose—but one major one is the cool stuff I get to do in the name of research. This time it involved food which is always a good thing, in my opinion. The hero of Book 3 in my Sanctuary...