Travels with my brother.

December 21, 2010Stories - about travel

“And that’s the wonderful thing about family travel: it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind.” — Dave Barry My brother is a man of few words. I was reminded of this when he picked me up from the airport in Wichita, Kansas, last Friday night. … Read More

In praise of the little things.

December 18, 2010Stories - about travel

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I’ve been known to get things wrong before, especially when it comes to travel bookings. Booking my flight home for Christmas, I purchased it so fast I didn’t realize my return journey to … Read More

The long way home.

December 5, 2010Stories - about travel

“Paying attention, I learned again, is the foundation of great travel writing – and as a bonus, it deeply and resonantly enriches your everyday life as well.” — Don George It had been a week to remember. A brisk drop in temperatures preceded Britain’s earliest snowfall in nearly two decades, since November of 1993. But … Read More

Snow day.

November 30, 2010Stories - about travel

“And finally Winter, with its bitin’, whinin’ wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.” — Roy Bean Snow day. Can you think of two words with a more magical connotation? Growing up near the beach, I can remember waking up and holding my breath for a quick moment right before pulling back the … Read More

A week’s worth of thankfulness.

November 26, 2010Stories - about travel

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” — G.K. Chesterton The last Thursday in November is inevitably the one day of the year where my homesickness soars to unprecedented levels. Being away for Christmas is hard, but there’s something about Thanksgiving that makes … Read More

All in a day’s work.

November 20, 2010Stories - about travel

“Our work will at least have distracted us…it will have given us a sense of mastery, it will have made us respectably tired, it will have put food on the table. It will have kept us out of greater trouble.” — Alain de Botton, The Pleasure and Sorrows of Work It was a week of … Read More

Seaside on a Saturday.

November 16, 2010Stories - about travel

“Brightly coloured beach huts are an essential part of the British coast. They go together with ice creams, sandcastles and the unreliable British weather to form part of our experience of summer by the seaside.” — Seasidehistory.co.uk Catching the bus for Southwold, I am distinctly aware of being the youngest on board. By about four … Read More