Dallas Texas is a city normally associated with BIG. Big buildings, big hair, big personalities, big money. Everything is bigger in Dallas. There is, however, a small forgotten corner of Dallas southeast of downtown. It’s called “Bonton”. Associated with high crime, sickness, with only difficult access to healthy food, this neighborhood has been the very…
We all know I love visiting gardens when I travel, and this one is near and dear to my heart. The greenhouse at El Dorado Royale is, I believe, the only place of its kind. I’m not aware of another hotel that grows so much of it’s own produce. If you know of one, please…
Hello from Newport, Oregon! Every July I go to a conference in Seattle, Washington. I fly in a few days early to Portland, Oregon and drive down to my nieces house in Salem. I kidnap her and take her to the Oregon Coast. In prior year we go for one night. This is the first…
[singlepic id=7 w=320 h=240 float=left] My nephew, Joshua, recently earned the designation of Eagle Scout. I went up to Oklahoma City for the Court of Honor. It was held at Josh’s dad’s church. While I was there, I learned that there was an amazing Community Garden hiding around back. Of course, I couldn’t resist going…
Today I had an opportunity to visit the Farmers Branch (Texas) Community Garden. I’m always eager to see other community gardens, how they work and how they’re set up. Today when I visited the Farmers Branch garden they were having a work day. People were working on their plots and there was a crew of…
