I'm continuing a little fun game I started back in Wyoming a few months ago. I have been traveling so much that I had the pleasure of seeing the fall colors in so many parts of the country.Well guess what I'm seeing now?Holiday sparkle. When I was flying low in the plane the other night,…
I'm just finishing up a whirlwind cooking and hunting excursion in the Delta and Gulf region. My first stop was New Orleans where they have architecture unlike anything I've ever seen in this country. My friend, for example, lived in this converted "corner store," which has the air of... candy shop meets loft space. It…
Life is funny sometimes. Actually life is usually funny. It is rare that life behaves. I have experienced a lot of serendipitous events in the past two years, I'm not sure why, I like to think that someone is watching over me and choreographing it all while I write, and travel, and travel, and write,…
My friend Mia is an ex-pat now. She crossed the pond and married an Englishman and their family lives here part of the time, in a beautiful old estate where pheasants and ducks roam the woods, with an occasional woodcock and pigeon too, and even a muntjac, that strange beast that looks like a large…
South Dakota was a foreign land to me before I visited, and it was one after I visited too. It's beautiful but oh so harsh, and a bit lonely. But beautiful nonetheless. I visited Cheyenne Ridge for a pheasant hunt while writing my book Girl Hunter, and was definitely the only female within 100 miles.…
While I'm gallivanting around England, eating Scotch eggs and sloe gin and hunting birds and developing a British accent, I thought I'd share with you the photos I took of my wonderful experience at Cheyenne Ridge signature lodge in South Dakota last week. This beautiful place was also part of the Beretta Trident program (just…
I was just in Texas Hill Country in a beautiful place called Joshua Creek Ranch.It is part of the Beretta Trident program, and one of only 4 ranches in the country to receive a Beretta Trident... it's kind of like the Michelin Guide to the hunting world.Behind the Scenes:When I have a camera crew following…
The Porch House:This is the magical little house I stayed in, with it's spectacular views of the creek and the sunset.[nggallery id=34]The Main Residence:This is the home of Ann and Joe Kercheville, who are my favorite people in Hill Country. Their home belongs in architectural digest.[nggallery id=35]The Lodge:This is the lodge where folks come to…
When I travel alone, which I do so much these days, and I want to remember that I've been there, I take pictures of my shadows.
This is Yellowstone Park, the great big legend with the great big geysers that spout their smelly water. The Native Americans called it "the land of the stinky water."…