The joys of writing and traveling

I started travel writing by accident in 1999. Julia and I went on our first true vacation trip that year, to Cancun, with her sister and new boyfriend, and some girls who worked at the gym that were serendipitously going to Cancun at the same time. I cannot say we loved Cancun, but our group …

COVID-19 home motivation

When I first heard of this new strain of coronavirus haunting China, it seemed a little surreal watching as trucks spewed white fog through abandoned streets. "That won't affect us," I thought at the time, but here we are a few months later and it's seriously screwing up our lives. Worse yet, it's probably only …