
In December 2011, I boarded the MV Explorer for an Enrichment Voyage through the Caribbean to the Amazon. I’d been hired to teach a writing workshop onboard, and as part of the course my students — ranging in age from 8 to 80 — contributed to a community voyage journal. This is that journal. Three [...]

Available in print for $9.99. The gift-giving season is nearly upon us! Are you filled with dread? Delight? A sick mixture of the two? Whatever your personal politics on the question, the fact remains that many of us – through desire, generosity, or a heavy sense of obligation – will be buying gifts. Whether you’re buying [...]

Ultimate Makeover! I arrived at author Melanie Jackson’s house severely worn out from finishing my latest book, and in sore need of a makeover. Melanie suggested a trip to Lutin Memorial Hospital (a hospital run by the goblins in her Aug. and Nov. 2003 books, TRAVELER and OUTSIDERS), for an Ultimate Makeover!










