The more time passes, the more Vietnam seems like a dream seeping into my consciousness.

A journey into Glacier National Park.

Here’s the truth: writing a second draft is really effing hard.

Last week I attended a talk by Daniel Handler at Hugo House. Handler was witty and intelligent and generous (and the topic, “bewilderment,”…

Walking through the labyrinthine streets of Athens, you don’t have to know that…

Empty your heart of its mortal dream. -William Butler Yeats

Have you heard of “thin places”? It’s originally a Celtic term — the idea that some places on earth are “thin” and therefore closer to “the other…