When I'm not working...

I read:

• Mysteries (e.g., William Bernhardt, Patricia Cornwell, John Dunning, Margaret Frazer, Sue Grafton, Harry Kemelman, John D. MacDonald, Perri O'Shaunessey, Robert B. Parker, Elizabeth Peters, Kathy Reichs) 

• Contemporary literature (e.g., Isabel Allende, Jorge Amado, Elizabeth Berg, Tracy Chevalier, Jon Hassler, Marge Piercy, Tom Robbins, Jane Smiley, Gail Tsukiyama, Anne Tyler)

• Biographies (of virtually anyone, not just famous people)

• Science fiction/fantasy (e.g., Isaac Asimov, Diana Gabaldon, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, Spider Robinson) 

• Travel memoirs (e.g., Frances Mayes, Peter Mayle, Paul Theroux, Susan Allen Toth, J. Maarten Troost)

I plan new trips, and remember great trips, to some of my favorite places:

• Poipu (Koloa), Kauai, Hawaii

• Longmont, Boulder, Ft. Collins, and Vail, Colorado

• Seattle, Bellingham, and the San Juan Islands of Washington state

• Freeport, Maine

• The National Parks

• Munstergeleen, The Netherlands

• Andermatt, Switzerland

• Heidelberg, Rottenburg, Fussen, and Koln, Germany

• Copenhagen and Odense, Denmark

• Oslo, Norway

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Reykjavik, Iceland

• Auckland, Taupo, Christchurch, and Queenstown, New Zealand

• Sydney, Australia

• Hong Kong

• Tokyo