Outside My Comfort Zone
Years ago, I went on a hike and met someone who was there on the advice of his therapist. “What?” I wondered. “Yeah, I know. He suggests that I hike up a mountain at least once a month.” It would be great to know ...
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Italy — A Feast for the Senses
A 13-day vacation to Italy. My tenth visit to this country. I can’t seem to get enough. Returning allows me to savor the sensual more slowly. I already know how good it will be. This place is a feast for the ...
Old Photographs
At 21, I moved away from the street in Brooklyn where I grew up, the street where my mother still lived, to an apartment in Queens. The subway took me there in half an hour, but for my mother it may as well have ...
My Puerto Rican Skin
My beloved grandmother passed away in 1980. I was 18 and too selfish to be emotionally present. She spent the last year of her life in and out of hospitals, but all I remember from that time were trips to the beach. ...
Travel-log: Alaska
Two Canadian Geese (August 3, 2016) Our last day in Alaska – Fairbanks. This morning, while walking through the parking lot of our hotel complex on the way to an adjacent hiking trail, we came across a ...