by Sue Henderson | Jan 26, 2021 | Featured, Happy Accidents
In an effort to tick off the list for my 50th state to visit, we planned a pandemic-summer trip to North Dakota. (It was combined with Rick’s 50th state of Kansas to make a complete circle.) What an absolutely delightful surprise to learn the North Dakota state...
by Sue Henderson | Jan 19, 2021 | Featured, Stories of the Road
Been thinking a lot lately about the fall of our lives. Both of us are approaching some big milestone years so we started looking at round numbers and realized a couple years ago that we both only had one state left to see. Rick needed to see Kansas. I was missing...
by Sue Henderson | Dec 31, 2020 | Featured
I’m a glass half full kind of girl so while everyone is super busy disparaging and writing off 2020, I thought I’d take a look at ten positives from this crazy year. I see all of these as forward motion and perfect examples of resilience and rebirth here in...
by Sue Henderson | Dec 28, 2020 | Behind the Scenes
The 558th Training squadron of the USAF Air Education and Training command at Randolph AFB in San Antonio touches some full circle life experiences for me. When I was born in the early 60s my father was a maintenance technician for Air Force simulators and some of my...
by Sue Henderson | Dec 23, 2020 | Chasing Ghosts
This is a tribute to the strength of aging Alzheimer patients and those who love them. Her eyes look haunting in the rearview mirror as the others snooze. Heavy lidded, she’s trying desperately like the mental toddler she is to stay awake and watch it all go...
by Sue Henderson | Oct 27, 2020 | Stories of the Road
It’s a lovely sunny early autumn day in the Shenandoah Valley as we wake and venture into our farmhouse kitchen after a comfortable night under handmade quilts in our rental cabin. The 18thc floors show their age – bowed and just creaky enough to provide a hint of...
by Sue Henderson | Oct 20, 2020 | Behind the Scenes
A friend recently asked me if I plan my trips around pie. Well, not exactly. It just turns out to be a good judge of a place. A wonderful pie is not an easy thing to make. And more often than not, it’s the sign of a real cook in the kitchen. One can toss some...
by Sue Henderson | Oct 18, 2020 | Stories of the Road
Stretched out on the sloping lawn alongside a creek in the Shenandoah Valley on an early autumn afternoon with the dappled sun filtering thru the ancient black walnut and chestnut trees is the perfect respite from a hectic and crazy summer of strife and conflict. ...
by Sue Henderson | Oct 16, 2020 | Stories of the Road
I’m not exactly a foodie. We don’t generally travel for specific food reasons preferring instead to eat local and find the specialities of the region. I always prefer a local diner or restaurant than chains and have been known to go out of our way if someone has...
by Sue Henderson | Aug 18, 2020 | Stories of the Road
In the winter of 2019, Henderson Productions took a small group to Tanzania for a 14-day adventure. This blog series tells the story of the trip and our fellow travelers. Using our network around the world, we curated a tour to give us local connections and...
