Category: bad trips
Packing to move from New York City to the Hudson Valley, dismantling your life which even with very frequent travel has seems very fixed. Manifestly it is not — …
For all of us in the central US (and other places) who are suffering from drought, a small reminder that the rains will come again…. This photo was taken …
As shown by the upcoming royal visit to Canada and California of newly married’s Will and Kate, it’s almost impossible for royalty to go anywhere in the world without pre-planning, …
“We never used to have all of these picky eaters with their food allergies.” As a thrifty child of the Depression, my Mom has no patience with people who …
“Stonewall Jackson ate pancakes on this griddle.” This was a fitting end to a museum tour that for me was getting a bit too syrupy about the Confederacy; a …
The best way to ruin a lovely Spring afternoon in Manhattan is to take a stroll down Broadway. It’s a particular part of Broadway that I’m referring to, from …
Sometimes, things don’t work out. My trip to Jordan had to be canceled. I was really looking forward to it, but some family issues have cropped up and my …
I used to be afraid of flying. Not just a little nervous when the plane hit turbulence, but terrified for a couple of days before the flight, days during …
“Who ever ended up washing that pan?” We’d been driving along through Virginia horse country, watching blonde hills rising and falling beyond black wood fences. Phil looked at me, …
There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known. Nothing you can see that isn’t shown. Nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be. It’s easy. All …
Like snow and rain, winds have developed their own vocabularies. Their personalities evolve in the geography that nurtures them: the damp Chinook that signals the end of a Rocky …
In one of the better interviews I’ve heard with him, Captain “Sully” Sullenberger (known as the Hero of the Hudson for his split-second reactions that landed a plane hit …