By Mark W. Danielson From thirty-five thousand feet, farmed fields become tapestries, cars move like ants. At night, Australian outbac...

Even a writer of cozies has to do research. You don’t realize how little you know until you start to write. I had a hassle this week with Go...

Walking in a Winter Wonderland By Mark W. Danielson Personally, winter isn’t my favorite season, nor is it for many Americans who live in c...

By Mark W. Danielson Few places I travel to have greater contrasts than Shanghai and Almaty, Kazakhstan. Almaty rates high in natural resour...