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My Hawaiian Airlines experience was exactly what one would expect from a plane tasked with whisking vacationers to a tropical destination. I stepped from that Aloha shuttle into a Hawaii…

Thoughts and Musings Wanderings and Travel

Something that has mattered in my life is a “to and from.”  Going to Edisto Island, South Carolina and coming home from that family vacation, then planning to go again. …

Wanderings and Travel

“Stick your head through that wall,” I command a child.  Seems right for this place.  This place is a Roman amphitheater.  Site of gladiatorial battles.  This place is Arles, France. …

Thoughts Wanderings and Travel

I usually don’t expect travel to result in regret.  Nostalgia, sure.  A marrow-deep slurry of wistfulness that the Portuguese call saudade, absolutely.  But regret?  Not so much.  Travel always somehow…

Intentional Living Wanderings and Travel

Once upon a time I kicked the bad habit of teeth grinding.  But now the clench is back.  And with it comes the threat of receding gum lines, ear aches,…

Intentional Living Thoughts Thoughts and Musings

My eight-year-old daughter C asks the most annoying question: “Wait, what?” She asks it in that way that only a frustrated eight-year-old, youngest of the family, can as she navigates…

Intentional Living Thoughts and Musings