I awoke for the first time in Seoul hours ahead of everyone else. But it wasn’t jet-lag that had me up so early—I’m always up by 5 or 6 a.m. Jumping the International Dateline actually helped me avoid any real time change havoc on my inner clock. I went to...
This is going to be tricky! I have no less than 57 single-spaced pages of “daily notes” written during my 30-day ASIAN ADVENTURE, and a whopping 1489 photos. For the past few days, I’ve been trying to figure out how to go about compressing, categorizing, or...
“They say” there’s no such thing as a geographical cure. “They say” that everywhere you go, there you are. “They say,” only time can heal. And of course, “they” are always right. Back in January, when my friend Miriam asked if I’d like to go with her to visit her son...
Rick’s last visit to the peninsula was a year ago this weekend, although of course we didn’t know it at the time. He’s been gone three months today, and in those three months, I’ve learned a lot about the grieving process, far more than I ever wanted to know. Grief is...
I gained 10 pounds in June, and for my money, that 10 pounds was just peanuts, as in “a small number or amount.” I’m already firmly back on track, now following my food plan that went totally, and purposefully, out the window for a full 30 days. Truth be told, I was...
