Vivian Swift Quotes

Travel Tip: Relax. It's not a crime to want to sit in a cafe and not take a walking our of all those historic monuments in your peripheral vision.

I had it all planned.

That was my first mistake.

If gardens are created to tell stories, which I believe they are, then garden gates are the crucial opening lines that can make or break a tale.

If you happen to be a person who does not enjoy your own company, a visit to Edinburgh in January will teach you how it's done.

Celebrate my heart, at ease or on fire, in my usual featherbrained way.

Horace, Roman Poet
Ode I-6, 23 BCE

That's one of the most reliable things about a long road trip. There's always a cat, just when you need one.

Calamities are unavoidable, in love and travel.

All it takes to make it to the end of the road are some good Survival Tips.

As a rule, romance is not a place you can find on a map. But sometimes it is.

The Blues
The Blahs
The Weary Dismals
Lost in Gloom
Woesome Me's
The Eternal 3 AM of the Soul.

I am a connoisseur of rain (all of us introverts are).

There ought to be a word for the Winter form of a tree.

Some days 'staying put' might feel the same as Going Nowhere.
Make a cup of tea, and wait for that feeling to pass.