Detroit: Drab, Dingy, Dilapidated, Deserted and Dangerous? by Marjie Courtis “Why are you going to Detroit?” It was the question Australians kept asking me before I left. And it was…
Consider Connecticut
Contrasts from a Connecticut village by Marjie Courtis It was long-term friendships that led to me spending two and a half weeks based in the village of Washington Depot, in…
California: Hearst’s Folly. Morgan’s Masterpiece
Avenue inspires a book. Book inspires a street name. It took a novel by John Steinbeck for the Ocean View Avenue in Monterey, California, to have its name changed to…