Finding Spirituality Everywhere
About every quarter, we pack an overnight bag, leave the dogs with a housesitter, and drive the two-and-a-half hours from LA to San Diego to visit my favorite cousin, Randy, and his long-time girlfriend, Lisa. Wonderful people, warm, hospitable and friendly, Lisa is a Catholic who attends mass, well, religiously, and Randy is a bit of an atheist. In fact, he seems to have embraced food as his religion, and Greg and I inevitably come home with a "meat hangover" by Sunday evening. Read more…
"A silkworm spins all its silk till its death and a candle won't stop its tears until it is fully burnt." -Tang Poem Silk has been a huge part of… Read more…
After lunch, I wanted to smoke a hookah. Mohamed, our other guide, laughed. “You mean a shisha, my sister. What kind of flavor do you want?” Shisha (called a hookah in places like Turkey),… Read more…
AMAZON JUNGLE PERU: Coming Home
I have always been driven to gain a higher understanding of the workings of the universe. Just by being in the Amazon, I have gained more insight about Read more…
25 Destinations You Should Travel to Before They Get Too Expensive
FenlioQ / Shutterstock.comInternational tourism is on the rise. According to the World Tourism Organization UNWTO, international travel was up 6 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared to 2016… Read more…