Pawtuxet's VirtualTourist Home Page

We travelled with our kids as often as we could. If nothing else, we explored corners of our own state by car on a Sunday afternoon. We sent them to camps, we took day trips, we went overseas every year if even for only 4 or 5 days. They experienced as much as we could pack into their growing years. It paid off. They're wonderful inclusive, loving adults who travel as much as possible, pay attention to environmental matters, exercise their right to vote, and are open to culturally diverse populations, foods, and concerns.
Travel with your kids...and then travel for yourself. Don't stop exploring. And when you can't travel anymore... tune in to VT and explore some more. The world is smaller all the time.. and hopefully the world will become as much a family as we have become here at VT.

You'll find a few new tips on my Pawtuxet page..... home town stuff.

There is a new page created for Westport, Massachusetts. Stop in to the winery, brewery, and then the sand dunes!

There was a day in Sturbridge, Massachusetts for an Old House Fair.

State Historic Preservation Conference was held at my old Alma Mater..Univ. of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I.

I'M HOME FROM POLAND....FABULOUS FIFTH TRIP FILLED WITH GOOD FRIENDS, AMAZING SITES, AND A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT MY FAMILY. UPDATES ON THEIR WAY...MANY PHOTOS AND TIPS AND STORIES TO ADD.
VISITED ZAKOPANE FOR THE FIRST TIME...CONNECTED W/ SEVERAL VT BUDDIES...SPENT SEVERAL DAYS IN GRANDFATHER'S VILLAGE....AND BACK IN KRAKOW FOR CORPUS CHRISTI CELEBRATION on June 11

I've enjoyed five wonderful trips to Poland. Memories of my journeys and all that I learned continue to wash over me. So many beautiful and powerful images to share with all of you. I can only recommend that if you haven't been to Poland....GO NOW!! Discover it before the mass of tourists do... It's just very special...as are its people. Come back to my pages to enjoy Poland soon.
This link to POLAND will guide you to pages on Poland....Warsaw, Krakow, Sandomierz, Gdansk, Kolbuszowa, Cmolas, Rzeszow, Czestochowa, and beyond.....

UPDATE: Found a Polish pen pal who has posted the story of my search for family on his web site which he created for the village of Poreby Dymarskie....where we found grandfather's church. Here is the link. The web site carries the story in Polish and English w/ pics.
Thanks to VT...this new pen pal found me thru a Google search !! Yeaaahhhh, VT !!! :-)

Poreby Dymarskie

Here is my "Australia". She's my very special side kick...with a wonderful story to tell. Hope you will check my Travelogue to learn the story of a ~"Australia"~ the heroine of the story
UPDATE!!***!!
Aussie's story was published in a book entitled "Disposable Dogs" by Steve Swanbeck. She's a star!!:-)
UPDATE 2008
A call from the author of "Disposable Dogs" informed me he's done another printing of this book...which has been his best selling book to date! Must be because of my Aussie's story.... wink, wink

The cottage is a sweet little spot located at the rear of our property. Warm sunshine pours through the french glass doors at the back of the kitchen and floods the sunshine yellow rooms with light. It's very popular with business people who are in RI for a few months, people who are transferring to RI and need interim housing, as well as people who are from other states and want to visit RI friends and family for a month or two in the summer or over holidays. Totally renovated a couple of years ago, we outfitted it completely with IKEA closets, lighting, and furniture.We do short term rental by the month.
In case you plan to travel this way, take a look at our little Cottage and if we have an opening, VT folks are always welcome.
More pics available on my Pawtuxet page...including a studio apartment (short term)