Freedom and a Diving Board

The Mysteries of Silhouette Island

The two people passed us on a trail and disappeared, like ghosts.

Travel Like a Nomad in Your 50s

Go ahead, take that gap year. Here’s how.

Learning to Sail a Brigantine

Seasick, check. Learned to sail. Nope, but caught some tuna.

Chapter 3: Croatia — Water!

A return to the elemental things that make life so sweet.

The third installment in a…

Chapter 2: Edinburgh, whump-whump

Where I discover that surroundings matter and I’m no longer 25.

Riding My Thumb

Hitch-hiking the US taught me a few things about human nature

Anywhere But Here

A serialized memoir of my year-long romp around the globe as a reluctant tourist in search of a life less ordinary.

Middle-Aged Me and Airbnb

Four rules for choosing an Airbnb, gleaned from living in them for a year.

An Ode to Hotels

The artifice and ambiance of a quaint hotel is far better than a transactional Airbnb