Discovering Your Life Path through Travel: A Future for Our Stories Untold
After falling in love with every Paulo Coelho quote I ever saw, I decided I needed to read a book by this prophetic man. Naturally I picked up The Alchemist, one of the world’s best-selling books, published in over 56 languages. Over Memorial Day weekend I read the story on a train to Chicago, and [...]
Woman to Watch: Richelle Shaw, From Bankruptcy to Millionaire
Give us the lowdown: your name, where you’re from and what you do. My name is Richelle Shaw and for many years I was the only African American public utility owner in the nation. I owned a telephone company in Las Vegas, NV. I worked for the company and was promoted 4 times in 5 [...]
Quick Bites: Citizen in Richmond, Virginia
As a food-obsessed New Yorker, it is a little difficult for me to admit that I take my city for granted all too often. Regardless of the time of day or neighborhood, when hunger strikes, I know I can wander just a few blocks in any direction and find myself something delicious to eat. It [...]
Top things to do and see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
If you’re thinking of going on holiday to California, it’s well worth checking out one or two of the national parks. Personally, if I were heading in that direction anytime soon, I’d go to the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. These are located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range and, as twin parks, they’re often [...]
The Posh Potty
Funny how a couple years back in America has completely altered my concept of an acceptable toilet. I’d rather utilize a hole in the ground than a mud-smothered, though tiled, public restroom. I’m a little ashamed at my new refusal to use a seemingly dirty restroom. When taking a Humanitarian course in graduate school, I [...]
Heard ‘Round the World
In the Peace Corps, we are not supposed to discuss politics. Not local ones, not ones back home. In the most neutral of times at my site in Barranquilla, Colombia, this can be difficult: what to do when a local insists that the United States caused the Holocaust? Or that 9/11 was God’s punishment for [...]
Home Without Walls
“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.” – Maya Angelou Making friends has never been difficult for me. I tend to gravitate towards people. I love immediate connections of new relationships; those weeks when you’re investigating a person’s personality, trying to make sense of their quirks. I [...]
Let Me Take You To……Sedona
Do you have fond memories of a particular place that you visited when you were younger, a place that reminds you of the days when life seemed to be so much simpler, before adult responsibilities kicked in and when you felt as if anything and everything were within your reach? I have one, and [...]
Save Me, San Francisco
“Wait, are these actually hills?” my calves screamed in excitement. Why, yes, they are! San Francisco is more than just a hill-ridden city. It’s one of my favorite cities. Granted, I’ve only been a frequent visitor, never a full-time inhabitant, but here are a few highlights: Forbes listed it as the third best city for [...]
Starving in Solidarity: Ramadan Fasting for Newbies
“Have you converted?” they asked me? No, ma’am. “So why are you celebrating Ramadan?” I was doing a solidarity fast in honor of Ramadan (and my own innate curiosity in religion and interfaith values). Despite the title, it’s really not about starving. Ever. A friend of mine, and someone I regard in very high esteem, [...]
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