If I weren’t so livid, I suppose it might have been humorous. Thirty-six hours later I still can’t find the humor in it. Some days of air travel go so smoothly. Leaving Atlanta last week I was “TSA pre-screened” and the process was easy. Didn’t have to take my shoes off, walked through the metal detector and all was well. Got to my gate in … Continue reading TSA ruined my day
I needed to get away before the fall semester begins. I convinced my husband to drive the three hours to North Carolina to the small town of Franklin, a place we’d never been. Not a lot to do in Franklin, but we weren’t looking for a lot to do. I was looking for a place to unplug from email for three days. Because I successfully … Continue reading Unplugged
I met the musician James Taylor on a bitter cold winter Saturday in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the late 1980’s. He lived in Santa Fe then, so I suppose it wasn’t out of the ordinary for the locals to see him on the slopes, but it was a surprise for me. The morning started out very unusually. My college friend and I had driven over … Continue reading J.T. and me
My friend Gail is off the internet grid this week on some river in a part of the world that, well I’m not quite sure where she is. She’s a pretty amazing millennial. Earlier this year I watched her transformation as she prepared for her new life of traveling about the world. She sold all her stuff, lost lots of weight, packed what I would … Continue reading Guest Blog……Bali Hai
It was the last leg of my journey, Houston to Atlanta, and I was exhausted. After a five-day business trip spent mostly with people I’d never met before, my introversion was wearing thin. I wanted to get on the plane and just melt in to my seat. I walked down the very roomy aisle. Only two seats on each side. Nice, I thought. There was … Continue reading Looks can be deceiving
A friend from high school had it posted on her Facebook page. 20 things all Texans have done at least once. And, by and large, it rings true for me. I’m not going to run through all 20; you can read it for yourself. But some of them are worth a comment or two. Number one is “you’ve taken a road trip to South Padre.” Check. … Continue reading Texas 20
In 2007 I went to China for two weeks. I’m not sure how it is now, but then you couldn’t just bring your cell phone along and expect it to work. It was difficult, especially in the rural areas, to make a phone call to the states. Even in the major cities it was impossible to make a call with a phone purchased in the … Continue reading Letters from China
Tower of Twins 