The Traveler I’ve been to many places passed through many towns. cameled through the desert enveloped by her mounds. I’ve pressed my face...

During every summer of my childhood, my parents and I road-tripped to Clarksville, Virginia, the home of my mother’s foster family and...

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. Katharine Hepburn Heavy into shopping at the markets in Jaipur, India, I realized I was...

A journey is like a marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you can control it. John Steinbeck I visited the port city of...

There is a time when we must firmly choose the course which we will follow or the endless drift of events will make the decision for us. ...

What do I imagine would happen if I responded to pain with softness and vulnerability instead of self-recriminations about how I am not...

◊ ◊ ◊ If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. Thomas Edison ◊ ◊ ◊ On day 13 of a 14-day...

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There are more truths in 24 hours of a life than in all the philosophies. Raoul Vaneigem I arrived in Cairns, Australia, during early...

In December 1993, I had been up for an hour on Christmas morning before I realized, Today’s my birthday. I was in Bikaner, a desert town...

When I tell people that I’ve traveled to Nepal, they ask me with a straight face if I climbed Mount Everest. And I think, You’ve got to...

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that...

As I strolled the streets of Jaipur, northern India’s “pink city” nicknamed for the hue of its old buildings, men with time on their...

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time. Leo Buscaglia After enjoying a New Year’s Eve dinner at Nepal’s...

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. Lena Horne Two New Zealand airlines sent me ping-ponging between their...

Motor scooters have been my preferred mode of transport in India, Bali, French Polynesia, Vietnam and the Caribbean. It’s one of my...

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Helen Keller In the...

In 1998 I was on the way back to my hotel from London’s Piccadilly Circus when I met a charming woman on the Underground. She was a...