After 13 years, I returned to the Baja Peninsula for a quick vacation and saw a lot of changes have happened in the intervening years.
It’s Been Four Years and Sixteen Weeks…
As the world mourns the passing of Sinéad O’Connor—especially those of us who were in our formative college years when “Nothing Compares 2 U” topped the UK charts for four weeks in a row in 1990—I still mourn the loss of my dad who would have turned 84 this week. And I’ll echo the lyrics…
Fly Back And Think of England
I don’t think there is any way to prepare for being an expatriate. What started out as a couple of years fun in San Francisco back in 1998, has, in the blink of an eye, become 24 years of living on the Left Coast, aka Northern California. You find yourself, much to your surprise, deeply…
Perfectly Paia. All The Ways to Enjoy the North Shore of Maui
I first stepped foot in Hawaii in 1998. A girlfriend had booked us a trip to Maui, and as a new immigrant to San Francisco I was entirely in her hands. I remember stepping off the plane, feeling the windy, balmy air on my face for the first time, and hearing the rustle of palm…
It’s Been 18 Months. And It’s Been Three Years.
It has been a very long year—no, more—since I put fingers to keyboard to write. A year for the history books. A year of trouble and strife for so many around the globe. A year in which we’ve had to confront the frailty of the house of cards on which we, humankind, have built our…
