TRAIN Rail Europe’s Portugal Pass costs from €110 ($180). Individual tickets can be booked on the Rail Europe app. Seats for intercity and Alfa Pendular trains must be reserved at the station at ...

This is my final column for the Des Moines Business Record, which has carried my musings since 2012. Beginning next month, the Elbert Files will have a new home at a sister publication, dsm magazine, ...

Sunbirds like me can’t handle the frigid winter temperatures and always look for sunny places to sunbathe instead of ...

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Recent fog has replaced a recent "winter," and the fishing is pretty good all over. Also, the famous Oak Hill shrimp runs ...