Missed Miles

Travel catch-upFrance friesChina frailsIreland fleetsNorway wavers Korea warnsAntarctica whelms Yesterdays of anytimeDesire returnedAche in the plane seatFatigue flying time zonesDay after … More

Wisconsin Romance

I know after the misty cranberry bogsof an early Minnesota morning, drivingeast at first light, Wisconsin’s waitingfor me, the way … More

Flight

It’s funny, I thought – on the non-stop to New York,staring out at the little pockets of light spread againstthe … More

Traveler’s Mileage Rewards

You regret it now, the random encounter you had while on vacation, when your genitals burn you awake in the … More

A Blue Christmas Is Certain

No amount of snow – and they have lots of it – can possibly hide every single blue thing in … More

Let’s Learn

On the bus we’re headed through the desert for the Red Sea,crossing a staggering, desolate landscape.The heat outside withers you … More

Sojourn

More seen, more said, more heard, more thought, their bags packed ever heavier by travel as they go,  the making … More

Some Peace

We meet our elderly guide in the late afternoon,the graying skies adding to the somber atmosphereoverlaying the double-named London/Derry landscape. … More

London Stairs for Going Down

“Mind the stairs, mate,”he shouts in a harsh tone.I look up, he down at me, his facethat of an angry … More

Tourist

Tourist I’m walking the neighborhoods of this small Scottish village. It’s too tiny to be called a “town”; maybe it’s … More

The Sublime

It’s a sight I used to anticipate several times a year. The area on the Big Island of Hawai‘i known … More

Each Journey a First

The idea is knowing I can go somewhere, and I amcreating the first pattern of steps no one has ever … More

All Those Miles

“Put ‘er there, pal,” he says, sounding as though he’s stepped out of an O. Henry story. I put my … More

To Cover or Not To Cover (Just in Case)

Remember the first time you damaged your phone dropping it?I’d never dropped my phone at all ever, so the first … More

Some London Aloha

My sister and I are headed for the Royal Observatory, and we’ve decided to take a ride on the Thames … More

The Kindness of Strangers

My first visit to Tate Britain, walking through the entrance, takes my breath away. It would necessitate much running if … More

Hotel

For the life of me I couldn’t find my way back to my room, each minute another turned page in … More

An Old Salt

“Look,” my wife says, “they don’t go all the way under.” I see but am not relieved. “They lock you … More

Storming the 7th Continent

I had to jump farther than I would have expected. I had to jump farther than I had since I … More

The Homecoming (Part One)

He sat at the empty round table sipping watery black tea, wondering what had happened to those 75 years.  Of … More