We stepped through the door of the stone Glenfarclas warehouse into a gust of whisky-scented air. They call it the angel’s share—the portion of whisky that evaporates from its cask into the atmosphere. I filled my enraptured nose and listened for a rustling of wings in the rafters. Later, around the distillery’s tasting table with […]

My husband and I met in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the 1980s—a spectacular place to have landed between college and career. We were there at a time when one job and one roommate was all twenty-somethings needed in order to live well (now it’s two and three respectively), and life was fun and carefree. “Off […]

Serendipity has always been kind to me, and I believe that cultivating the ability to trust serendipity – to follow its compass — is one of the essential travel arts. A journey I took a few years ago to Easter Island provided the perfect example of the gifts that serendipity can sometimes bestow. That journey […]