Friedman, unable to shake a lifetime practice of thinking before jumping, records her conversations with herself as she pulls farther and farther away from her cultural norm. Diving against her better judgment into a fast river in Kakadu National Park near Darwin, which may or may not harbor …
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Washington-based Cami Ostman author of Second Wind subtitles her book, One Woman’s Midlife Quest to Run Seven Marathons on Seven Continents, which instantly made me head-snap a picture of super-jock. She’s not. Ostman might more accurately have added a little visual appeal to we of more modest enthusiasms — One …
Playing Through: A Year of Life and Links Along the Scottish Coast. Gillespie has that intuitive ability to use words that transcend his moment and make it ours. To me, this is the epitome of why we read travel stories, even if they involve golf.
