Once upon a time, travelers used to send postcards back to friends and family. Searching through a trunk of photos and mementos recently, I found a stash of old postcards….
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Last week I wrote about a bunch of reasons why some people should NOT travel. International travel, in particular, requires fortitude, patience, flexibility and open-mindedness. Plus, an innate curiosity…
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Last week’s Sunday Travel section of the LA Times featured their annual Summer Vacation Photo spread. I always wonder how the editors make their selections from among the many hundreds,…
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We were headed to the village of Imlil, high in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. We’d been on the road for about 90 minutes, traveling from Marrakech in a convoy…
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Littles doesn’t like to travel. Or so says Ashley, who is prone to ever-so-slight exaggeration. According to her, Littles – her cat – defecates (shits) every time she takes him…
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By the time you read this on Friday morning, I’ll be on an airplane to deliver a travel-phobic, strongly-sedated black cat named “Littles” to my step-daughter who recently moved to…
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I finished! I finally hit the “publish” button at 1:11pm on May 31st. No – not on my long-promised memoir, but on a photo book I promised to create for…
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This week’s subject is one of my favorites. Ireland. The dilemma? What can I write that can possibly capture the essence, the spirit, the completely lovable, affable place that is…
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updated Sept 7, 2020 NOTE: This blog was originally published on July 24, 2015. If a “country” is defined as a United Nations Member State with voting privileges, there are 193….
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originally published July 24, 2015 What exactly is a “country” anyway? People always ask me, “How many countries have I visited?” I’ve kept a spreadsheet for a couple of years…
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Sometimes I amaze myself. . . . There was a 36-hour period last weekend which was pretty interesting, to say the least. Here’s a chronology of events: (AUTHOR’S NOTE:…
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It’s February 13. You know what that means! Hearts and roses and romance everywhere. Obviously, I should write this blog post on the subject … about how the freedom, joy…
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Two weeks ago, I posted a story about the impending visit of my two young nieces from Michigan, with their “wish list” of things to do on their all-expenses paid,…
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NOTE: I’m in the process of (finally) writing my long-promised book! As such, I’ve been doing a lot of digging into old memories. This story was published six years ago…
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I’m going public with my intentions for 2014… Not very original, but one thing I’m doing different is going public (gulp!) with some of my intentions. My good friend, Jack…
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