Can cooking and eating dinner be art? How about sliding down a helter-skelter in the middle of a museum? Or building and managing a store, painting a river, talking to strangers, pro… Read More

https://chrt.fm/track/1554D/audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/712af1e7-d9b9-44d3-8bb5-b7758b631b01/stream.mp3Richard Zwicky welcomes with Charles Lazarus, the Head of Cultivation at Rose Hill J… Read More

The dining room at estiatorio Milos in Athens serves dinner and breakfast to guests Milos As the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, only recently has Athens, G… Read More

The phrase “Black Forest” instantly conjures up pictures of dense forests, classic deep-roofed farmhouses, cuckoo clocks, and half-timbered towns that appear to have been plucked… Read More

Sarah Penner on empowering women, exploring betrayal, and going from day job to dream job It’s every writer’s dream: quietly writing a novel during your day job, sending it off t… Read More

18th century botanist Sir John Hill, also an apothecary, playwright, actor, novelist, and journalist, was quite an accomplished gentleman. Sir John is also among the most vilified men in Geo… Read More

Road trips in Europe are made of dreams. A road trip in Europe can unfold so many sides of unseen Europe. Just imagine you driving on straight roads, with Sweet Home Alabama playing and seei… Read More

Back in the mid-1800s, Americans were less than thrilled about the “Irish invasion," which they believed threatened to bring disease, crime and job insecurity stateside. No matter that… Read More

Ever since discovering the Bronte sisters as a teenager studying for English Lit, I’ve loved their complex, well-observed tales of Yorkshire life. Like their legions of fans worldwide… Read More

Orison Swett Marden’s An Iron Will is an inspiring book that states that the primary difference between those who succeed and those who fail is whether or not they have will power. How… Read More

May is the wackiest, loveliest month, swinging from soaring heat to frigid cold. Now that the month is almost over, seasonable temps have arrived, and we’ve gotten some nice rain. Desp… Read More