Travel

Seriously? I drive two thousand miles to sleep next to the ocean and you’re going to keep me awake snoring? We finally made it to the Oregon Coast yesterday. I took some pictures ...

No great theological revelations today. No tear-jerking finale. No big mortal lesson. Just another step in a journey of a lifetime. I’m actually kind of surprised and a little bit ...

Plans change. Thank God. We just passed through Death Valley (insert 23rd Psalm joke here) and we’re about 100 miles from the edge of the world, also known as Los Angeles. As my min ...

It sounds strange to say that Amy leaves well, but it’s true. She’s way better at it than I am. And at least now, glancing in the rearview, I can see why it’s a good skill to have. We ...

Amy’s mom, Suzie, and stepfather, Russ, live on a 12-acre apple orchard nestled against the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico. Instead of describing it, I decided to show it. Amy’s mo ...

All of it is about the vulnerability of having no control. Truth be told, we usually have less control than we think we do anyway, but when you move out of state, the lack of agency is pretty much right there, i ...

Like all of you, I was stunned some days ago as I started soaking in the breaking news of Osama bin Laden's capture and death via U.S. military operations.</p> Like all of y ...

<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/19/news/la-heb-pesticides-adhd-20100819">"More evidence links pesticides to hyperactivity,"</a> says a headline from yesterday's ...

"So what are you up to this summer?" seems to be the question du jour. With the calendar about to flip into June everyone seems antsy for a summer plan. "So what are y ...

Having just read <a href="http://livelydust.blogspot.com/2010/05/review-of-eating-animals-jonathan.html">Jonathan Safran Foer's <em>Eating Animals</em></a>, I'm in a ...