Making Human Connections at Home and Away
Being a traveler can be isolating. Sure, you’re out there on the road, interacting with local people in fascinating places…
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Resolutions: Prison is Not the Life for Me
I am marvelous at making resolutions. Intentions, commitments, pledges, and aspirations are like the promised land to me. Rarely do I…
Christmas With the Family: Vodka and Variations
Christmas-celebrating families all have their ways of making merry. Those members of my family who still speak to each other…
Lunch at Portland’s Beast with Friends
I write about the philosophy of stealing a day from fate because I believe it is an important part of…
Making New Friends in Ireland
Earlier this summer while traveling in Ireland I met Mickey, an Irish gentleman who came into Con & Maura’s Bar,…