North America
Seeing the World with New Eyes
by Linda Ballou
“The blast from the whistle of the locomotive quickened my pulse. “Make way…Make way!.. I’m coming through,” …” Read more >>
Shifting Gears
by Elaine K. Miller
“… chief of all the dangers attending this new development of feminine freedom [bicycling] is the intoxication which comes with unfettered liberty.” Read more >>
Hardcore Holiday
by Judith Ritter
It’s 90 degrees and I am lying on my back in the sand while a six- foot tall man who is reputed to have blown up ships in enemy harbors and tracked Taliban in high mountains, is shouting a machine gun fire blast of orders in my face… Read more >>
Where the Spirit Moves You: Kohala Coast Hawaii
by Beth Whitman
“When I was growing up, we weren’t aloud to talk Hawaiian, now they have special immersion schools.” Danny Akaka walks us through the property at the Manua Lani Resort – pointing to petroglyphs and ancient boats as we make our way to the beach. Read more >>
Antlers in the Grass
by Kerri Kerber Dieffenwierth
The beefy woman on the big black horse in front of me seemed to sway her hips extravagantly from side to side, as if on purpose. Her kind gelding dutifully lowered his head and continued to stride smoothly through tall summer grasses and crushed wildflowers. Read more >>
In My Father’s Footsteps: Hiking Yosemite’s Half Dome
by Drake Lucas
The granite steps to Half Dome proved a way to weed out hikers who had already put in six hours on a steadily climbing trail. Some weren’t even steps, just slabs of rock to scramble up… Read more >>
The Magic of Esalen
by Susan Norton
Somehow, I missed the 60’s. Perhaps, I was just too busy pursuing other interests, such as bee hive hairdos, hot pants and the pursuit for a perfect husband to have the time or inclination to delve any deeper into my self awareness than a full length mirror would provide… Read more >>
Canyon Ranch Spa Experience
by Annette I.
Not long ago, a knee injury on top of a particularly challenging consulting assignment left me overwrought and stressed out! It was then that I found out spa vacations offered secret weapons against the pressures of home, office… Read more >>
A New Frame of Mind
by Meg Peterson
The thirty-seven foot raft dived over the edge into the center of a churning, boiling cauldron of white foam… Read more >>
