Tales Not Told
Last night we stood on the bow, squinting out in waning dusk for the Cuernos – the Horns – of Torres del Paine. They were out there to the east, […]
Inside Passage
We’re halfway down Chile’s equivalent of the Alaskan inside passage, threading our way through the archipelago that cuts Chilean Patagonia off from the rest of the country. Chile itself is […]
An (Almost) Uneventful Arrival
Hang on. This visually-evocative musing has been preempted by another, much-less probable one in which I’m riding in the back of a car driven by two total strangers – both beautiful women, by the way – with a mounted police escort of two motorcycles, going the wrong way down the parade route of Valparaiso’s Festival of a Thousand Drums. And I’ve only been in town for what, like 15 minutes?…
Here, Now and Away
Today, on Erev Yom Kippur, the most solemn day for observant Jews, we are urged to search inside ourselves, to seek out and contemplate the questions that define us and our path forward in this life: “How have I fallen short this past year?” “How can I best use my life for the good of the world?” And, “You’re getting on an airplane for South America in less than 24 hours – why haven’t you even started packing?!?”
New Story: One Man’s Trash
“Uh, Janie? I think we may have a problem.”… Sometimes, you’ve just got to get the job done. Many thanks to all of you who came out to my […]
Captain Misadventure Rides Again
Stop me if you’ve seen this one. No, don’t – some classics never get old, and this one is a classic. You remember the one where our intrepid hero goes […]
Out Go the Lights
Let me just go on the record here that the best lemonade on the entire planet, and perhaps – at risk of going out on a limb – the best […]
