I’m not sure what first attracted me to Fiji, but whatever it was, the notion of visiting that far-off place with the resonant name had long been one of my most cherished travel dreams. So it was with no small degree of amazement, anticipation, and apprehension that I set foot with my wife on the […]
One of my grandmother’s favorite expressions, unfailingly delivered with exuberant exaltation, was, “I will to live in a world that wills to live!” She would sing it out whenever she saw anything like a tree growing out of a rock. I think of her when I see the first buttercup of spring, reclaiming its territory […]
“I think I just saw a zebra!” said my 16-year-old son. To be clear, we were not on an African safari, nor at a zoo. In fact, we were traveling along California’s Highway 1. This is one of many funny and fond memories we have of one of our family’s all-time favorite spring break trips […]