People Profiles

I am pleased to introduce Kathryn Louise Wood as a full-time member of the Remarkable Journeys team. (In June of 2010, Kate became Remarkable Journeys’ long distance content editor, based in Virginia Beach, VA.)  She is an award-winning photographer and long-time artistic colleague of mine. She has a BS Degree in Education (Old Dominion University) and is nationally board-certified as a massage therapist.

Kathryn and Betsy join Bill and little Minna as they restart the journey following the tornado disaster.

Kate's novel

Kate is also a professional writer/editor. Her current novel, SEA SNOW—the gentle haunting of a 19th century lighthouse, is available as a downloadable electronic book for Kindle (an e-book reader developed by Amazon Books.) For more information and to view sample pages go to:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004WDRXMY

A long-time Virginia resident, Kate is the mother of two lovely daughters and proud grandmother of two granddaughters, as well.

Minna and I are delighted that Kate and her cockerspoodle, Betsy, have now joined us as our full-time traveling companions.

Kathryn and Betsy at Yellowstone National Park

Hello Everyone!

Miss Betsy and I are thrilled to be sharing the journey with Bill and Miss Minna. This cross-county odyssey is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity giving me the chance to see North America in a way few people get to experience and, as a writer and photographer, allowing me the joy of expression, unique to this kind of adventure.

Happy Trails,
Kate

“Hey Bill! Hear those birds?”

“Uh-huh…did you say, ‘Hail! Fearsome words?’ ”

Not everyone has hearing issues but most of us like a good story.

This is the story of Flo Innes who was born with a hearing deficiency
and struggled through childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, learning
to hear, employing hearing technology available at the time.

Flo Innes, Advocates for Better Hearing

When Flo began school, she was often banished to the class coatroom for not paying attention. Some thought she was mentally retarded, some thought her un-attentive, and some didn’t want to be bothered. It wasn’t until she had a routine physical at age six that a doctor realized she was having a hearing problem. This came as a complete surprise to her family. Flo’s mother got her a hearing device for one ear, then spent years teaching her to enunciate more clearly. (more…)

A Remarkable Journeys’ People Profile

Approaching the college-town hamlet on SR 64 in North Carolina known as Brevard, my keen photographic eye aided by my natural curiosity, observed to my left a long row of beautifully ingrained, huge, stone slabs placed strategically in the view of passers-by. At the time I was rushing to find new lodging, but my unconscious mind made a mental note: “return to rock slabs soon.” (more…)