Packing for New Zealand and Australia
New Zealand and Australia in late November and December awaits. I am using the packing list I created for my Adventure around America
Riding the Tracks Toward Sunrise
As the light fades on my first evening on an Amtrak train (the Sunset Limited from Los Angeles to New Orleans) there’s a
Like sand through the hourglass so are the itinerary changes: The American Identity Tour
So when I started talking about an Adventure around America via Amtrak, the map looked like this: Over time, as I’ve refined the
Sleeper Car Segments!
Figuring out which segments to choose to upgrade hasn’t been particularly complicated – I am looking for the best bang for my dollar!
Expat or immigrant: being an inbetweener
The idea of home has been a reoccurring theme of my writing for almost 10 years. What makes a home? what does it
Barely scratching the surface
Just about two years ago I arrived home to see a beautiful bouquet of white flowers on our front porch. I was on
The Green Card Club
The “you are preselected for a new credit card,” and the junk mail from cable companies are some of my least favourite kind
Land of the Free?: Meditations on being an immigrant
A Greencard. Surely, you’ve heard of those. Apparently they are the holy grail for the entire world. Because, it seems, at least if