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21 ‘OFF THE BEATEN PATH’ Things to Do in WASHINGTON, DC

In my opinion, the best way to experience a city is by walking, so a lot of my suggestions involve, you guessed it, walking. But, because I couldn’t help myself, the list includes a few special places to eat and two bookstores.

Walk or bike along Beach Drive (closed to traffic on weekends & holiday) through the beauty of Rock Creek Park. For the more adventurous, there are tons of trails in the neighboring woods, many of which are marked with USPS trail signs.FDR Memorial. A lot of people...

SMILE :)

In today’s world, it’s easy to get down about the state of things. We have an abundance of corrupt and feckless leaders. I won’t name names. We all know who the worst culprits are. The Amazon is being destroyed at an alarming rate, the ocean is full of plastic waste and the Great Barrier Reef was recently downgraded to very poor. People are fleeing their homes because of war, violence, extreme poverty, oppression, climate change, you name it. And there’s just so much hate. It isn’t a pretty pict...

Writing The Schuyler House: Inspiration from a real-life heist.

Source: Boston Globe

The Schuyler House begins with the story of four female art thieves, some of whom end up on the run. Oddly, I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of being on the run. Only the notion, of course; I’ve never actually committed a crime in my life.

A few years ago, I read a book about a woman who was on the run from the law and she made all sorts of stupid mistakes and ended up being captured. This made me want to write a story about a woman on the run who is smart enough...

On the move: Answering the door when opportunity knocks.

During our seventeen years together, my wife and I have moved a lot. When I say a lot, I mean a lot. And neither one of us is in the military. Before I started to write this post, I tried to write down all of our addresses that I could remember and I came up with eleven “permanent” addresses—places where we lived for at least nine months. When I add in the various short term corporate apartments that we’ve also occupied, the total number of addresses is closer to fifteen. My godmother uses one o...

Guest Post: I Heart Lesfic

Check out my guest blog post on I Heart Lesfic and enter for a chance to win a copy of The Schuyler House.

https://iheartlesfic.com/2018/01/24/g...