Wanderlust

A couple of weeks back, Tibby and I took a weekend off: no writing, no gaming, no social obligations, no work. We took three days to hang out in the fall colours and enjoy the turning leaves and [...]

I bought my first cemetery book in London in 1991.  I saw it at the bookstore in Victoria Station:  a collection of black and white photos of a cemetery so gloriously overgrown and decaying that [...]

You're not a writer if you're not writing. I've heard it countless times, and true enough, while I might be suffering the first slings of burnout following this insane vacation, I did write my [...]

I read a book a few years ago about the secret gardens of New Orleans. I was obsessed with the city at the time -- the cemeteries, the food, the bleat of horns falling from Preservation Hall into [...]

Highgate Cemetery sits atop Highgate Hill in London, and is the most acclaimed of the Magnificent Seven: a Victorian garden cemetery that fell to disrepair since the 60’s, and is now maintained [...]

Oh, Bohemia. Let me recount the reasons I love you: the goulash, the medieval taverns with their dim candlelight and chive-churned butter and thick bread, the crepes stuffed with boozy plum jam [...]

I'm mighty reluctant to say that a really stupid movie encouraged me to travel. My much younger self would disagree, because she still remembers the words to the song from Eurotrip: Scotty [...]

As I mentioned yesterday, I've landed myself in the final scenes of Wake the Dead. Since a lot of the story takes place at Highgate Cemetery West, I've been gingerly poking around my archives to [...]

After plugging in my cameras and settling in a bit this morning after a giant mug of coffee, I've pulled a few images from the cemeteries I visited on my trip. Sure, I saw other stuff while in [...]

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston; a fact often overlooked because he's so often associated with Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore makes an industry of him too, which is [...]