Unless you're truly a free spirit (or just impersonating one for a few days/weeks) you probably like to have a plan of attack when you hit the road or take to the sky with your sights set on some destination — new or old, familiar or strange.
Read MoreOn the crisp cusp of a mid-March morning, my vehicle’s headlights were pointed at Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge and the thought broadcasting through my brain was something along the lines of “Am I really doing this right now?”
Read MoreBeing serenaded in Arabic by a blind man playing the oud in a Jordanian desert was not a memory I ever suspected I’d make.
Read MoreNow, along with Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland; Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the U.S.; and the whole continent of Australia, I have added another destination to my travel bucket list: the Pitcairn Islands.
Read MoreYou know how you get in those moods sometimes, where you’re just like, “I kind of want to feel sad right now,” and it’s seemingly for no particular reason?
Read MoreIf you listen to her saying, "My collar bone is broken. My collar bone is broken," you might think, "Well, maybe if you had been paying attention, we wouldn't have gotten into this mess in the first place."
Read MoreThe shift toward even darker parts of Harry's story in this book were very welcome — and I know I will only grow more delighted as the series carries on and Ralph Fiennes, minus his nose, rises again to seek his revenge.
Read More"I think it's just like with art, you can't... you have to keep fixing it. I want to make it the best possible, but I keep feeling like I can't make it better. But that's why I keep trying."
Read MoreThere was the Detroit skyline, the Renaissance Center rising high; there was Comerica Park, home of the Tigers, as Sam and Tim drove to a meeting; there was the Ambassador Bridge, lit up at night, as our main characters somewhat oddly saluted a parade of sanitation engineers
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