Lori-- I just wanted to welcome you as this month's Featured Writer. Your book sounds wonderful, and I'm enjoying your entries.

I, too, am an avid traveler and been all over the world, both with my family and with my (former) students. In the late 90's one other teacher and I took 12 high school students on a literary/historic tour of Greece & Turkey. We sailed through the Aegean reading the Iliad! A heavenly experience to say the least. We also performed the play Trojan Women for the passengers and crew. Very cool!! I love traveling with young people and seeing their eyes light up with wonder as they learn foreign customs and discover new places.

How wonderful for the rest of us that you had the inspiration to write about your experiences!

P.S. I was in Boston along with the rain this past weekend. I almost attended a friend's daughter's track meet. Wonder if it was the same one as your son's.