Above: The Inn at Virginia Tech, in beautiful Blacksburg, Virginia.

Below: Galumphing links this week includes a call to visit Mount Vernon (especially in the spring), a reminder about plants that are poisonous to dogs, recipes for all those James Bond drinks we read about and saw in the movies, …

The author of many books, including the acclaimed Rain of Gold, Victor Villasenor in Beyond Rain of Gold gives us a memoir chronicling his struggles to get his previous novels published as well as his growing awareness of the spirit realm. The story starts with the funeral of Villasenor’s father, …

Spring keeps pushing through, as shown by our camellia, but I hear winter is going to make another stand this weekend.

Links this week include writing tips and commentary from James Patrick Kelly and Will Ludwigsen, some insight into the genius of Ben Franklin, a six month journey along the 2,200 …