It’s only a little prick

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Scottsdale, Arizona Husband: “Careful, those spines look sharp.”Me: “Don’t worry, honey. I used to live here. I know what I’m do—OUCH!”Husband: “Notice the words ‘I warned you’ are not passing my lips.”Me: “I did catch the hint of a smirk.”Husband: “It was tiny....

Has the Golden Age of travel returned?

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Vaccines are rolling out, summer is approaching, and while the CDC continues to advise against travel (even for the vaccinated, who can still spread Covid-19), those who have received their shots are starting to make plans. Already TSA numbers are hitting levels not...

I said I wouldn’t do this. Sorry.

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After I barely made it back from a trip to the Middle East before borders closed, and the reality sank in it would be months, perhaps years, before I’d be flying again, I told myself I wouldn’t. Wouldn’t think about how much I missed international travel when so many...

What a difference a year makes

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Exactly a year ago I disembarked from a plane; haven’t been on one since. And while I haven’t lost anywhere near what too many others have during the past year, not being able to travel, especially internationally, has cut deep. As I look back at the “long March”—it...

Help from an unexpected source

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Istanbul, Turkey I like to wander the streets in the old section of Istanbul, beyond where the prison made famous in the movie Midnight Express is now a Four Seasons Hotel. The city walls remind me of the Grand Canyon—you can count down the centuries in their layers....