Are “feet of clay” really just human flaws?

June 24, 2026
Surprise, surprise. Deepak Chopra was an Epstein buddy. Cesar Chavez raped women and minors. Many big names appear in the files in what seem to be incriminating ways. Powerful men and yes, women, too, overlooked, ignored or even took part in nefarious activities. Horrific things happened....

There’s a saint for everything, even procrastination

November 12, 2013
Ok, I'm sure he's not the real deal. But wouldn't it be nice if there was someone who could intervene and push us to do those things we keep putting...

Washeteria, Mumbai-style

November 11, 2013
 We’re told that most middle class people have washers and dryers in their homes, but choose to send their laundry out, because it’s so inexpensive and takes only...

Traveling light: a life without luggage

November 10, 2013
Not too long ago I had an online dialogue with a friend about the benefits of traveling light. That is, going through life without luggage--both figuratively and...

Mumbai Dispatch: Best Exotic Scariest Vacation + Other Thin

November 9, 2013
Photo Credit Some thoughts after watching armed guards search our car for bombs. I started traveling outside North America at the relatively advanced age of 40 with...

Anticipation: a taste of what’s to come

November 8, 2013
Anticipation is half the pleasure of travel. The planning and then each step of the journey. I love anticipation. My excitement always begins with signs that our...

Mumbai airport slum: reality bites

November 8, 2013
Photo credit and news story Day 1: Landed Mumbai at 1:30am Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. We are 13.5 hours ahead of Pacific time. It’s not like I wasn’t expecting it, but...

How to roast garlic

November 7, 2013
Roasting garlic, that's what I'm sure our organic box coordinators had in mind when they gave us four heads of the stuff over two weeks.  Because even we Sicilians...

Travel journal: India, the Sub-continent page 1

November 6, 2013
There was a day when writers kept beautiful, leather-bound and corded travel journals.  Even the act of opening them seemed imbued with the exotic.  I can't say that...

Today’s the day!

November 5, 2013
Today's the day. My essay about a very dear woman friend appears in this anthology that got released today. It's called 50 Ways I Love His Mother and I believe it's...

Moving sculpture on a Santa Fe street

November 4, 2013
Not even a block from our hotel in Santa Fe last month was this riveting kinetic sculpture: I couldn't move away from it. Every time we passed by, I had to stop and...

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