Cleaning out hard drives is really no different from cleaning out closets. Each item stored on it evokes a memory. If it doesn't then...

The cruise industry, while not back in full swing, is definitely back. It's easy to tell by going to Cruise Mapper where you can see the...

A few weeks ago I took a workshop on the literary essay, led by Perrin Kerns (image below). I didn't know what a literary essay was when...

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I never thought I’d be sleeping in a shipping container. Yet here I am and I am grateful. We are →

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I’ve never been to the moon, and I doubt whoever named this valley has been there either. In fact, I am certain →

Most trips to the Atacama Desert start in Calama, the closest airport and mining town. My trip was no different. And, like most tourists →

On a cloudy day in Santiago, there are no lines for the funicular in Parque Metropolitano. The park is one of the →

These Andean children are looking through a window into their schoolhouse. I'm inside; they are not. Seems like it should be the other →