Travels in the 2nd half

There are so many beautiful place in the world. However, the Catskills have always been a place that tugs at my heart. It is the place where my earliest memories of vacation reside. From the time I was little my parents rented a bungalow at a bungalow colony called Mirth in the tiny village of Mountaindale NY. I remember tree covered roads and lakes with turtles and streams with salamanders.  The Amazing Ms. D and I spent a weekend in the Catskills when she was invited as a participating writer at the 2nd annual  Festival of Women Writers in the town of Hobart NY . Hobart is a small hamlet in the north-west corner of the Catskill Mountains. It is the "Book village of the Catskills" with 6 bookstores in a town of around 440 people. The stores range from high end antiquarian and rare books to mass used mass market, and there is a wide range of choices. Blenheim Hill Books Mysteries and More The Amazing Ms. D in Mysteries and More Liberty Rock Books...

Didá is a unique drumming group in the city of Salvador, Brazil. It is comprised completely of young women. They perform on the streets of The Pelorinho every Tuesday evening around 7 PM.