Stockholm: scary sandwiches, incredible museums, and the beautiful islands which serve as the city’s perch. Stockholm. RL Fifield photo...

Evaluating light levels falling on a textile on display. Nope, I’m not a curator; I’m a collections manager. Many visitors who stop me in...

Evaluating light levels falling on a textile on display. Nope, I’m not a curator; I’m a collections manager. Many visitors who stop me in...

In late 2009, I was on the dating circuit. Via Match.com and OKCupid, I was meeting a couple of new potential beaus each week. To one, I...

In late 2009, I was on the dating circuit. Via Match.com and OKCupid, I was meeting a couple of new potential beaus each week. To one, I...

At the Carroll County Farm Museum (please forgive the inauthentic parasol). 1995. You may have been to Old Sturbridge Village, Colonial...

At the Carroll County Farm Museum (please forgive the inauthentic parasol). 1995. You may have been to Old Sturbridge Village, Colonial...

Santa Cruz County, Arizona. RL Fifield, 2009. My great uncle started a cattle ranch near Sonoita, Arizona in 1952. Sonoita isn’t a town...

Santa Cruz County, Arizona. RL Fifield, 2009. My great uncle started a cattle ranch near Sonoita, Arizona in 1952. Sonoita isn’t a town...

Philadelphia – it’s not all founding fathers and liberty bells. City Hall, from the Ben Franklin Parkway. I went to Philly as an adult...

The American Museum of Natural History. Photo credit: Daniel Mennerich via VisualHunt / CC BY-NC-ND Interesting? Boring? A memory from a...

International travel was not a priority when I was a child. There were visits to battlefields in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia,...