Posted On: October 2, 2012
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Fall hits like a splattering pumpkin in Minnesota. One fine morning, warm summer arms embrace you. The next, you’re slapped by sleet, biting winds and millions of dirty leaves. If you try to look up,…
Posted On: June 24, 2012
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Serious sunlight seared mercilessly from above and sweat glowed on everyone’s brow. But because this was our last day in bella Italia, my heart was stuck in a Minnesota snowstorm. The intense mid-June light had…
Posted On: June 19, 2012
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Years ago, I sauntered through Viareggio on a dreary fall day. The place was a ghosttown—so deep into its hibernation that the term “life support” came to mind. There was an empty shabbiness that suggested…
Posted On: February 18, 2012
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Chest pain. All new. Not good. So on Wednesday, when it hadn’t stopped for three days and the pain scale hit 6 on the 10 scale, I called McHealth. They insisted I go straight to…
Posted On: January 28, 2011
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Sometimes, a week far away seems hardly worth the toil, though most Americans rarely do that any more. Other times, like this time, a week away feels like a mini-Sabbatical. Mazatlan served up a healthy…
Posted On: June 3, 2010
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Over the past 2 weeks, “Yoder & Sons,” a column by a WSJournalist and his boys, has been pondering whether Father & 14-year-old Levi should get “crazy” and take a 6-month fantasy trip. Most readers…
Posted On: January 29, 2010
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Getting Away From It All satiates the human need for discovery—of self, relationships, and a larger world. The problem—as with all pursuits of pleasure—is ephemerality. No matter how hard you try to seize and freeze…
Posted On: January 3, 2010
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One year ago today, our bonafide BreakAway of 69 days had just begun. By the time it was done we had hopped between five West Indian islands and enjoyed a grand family adventure.
Yet even…
Posted On: November 27, 2009
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What do your Christmas memories look like? With any luck, you see some heartfelt, colorful scenes of gathering, feasting, singing, baking, decorating, giving, gratitude and more. Let’s hope those traditions live on—whatever your beliefs. And…
Posted On: September 19, 2009
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The suffering economy may be leading people to couponing and cocooning, but we’re still suffocating in stuff. Gosh, when I recently took some high-quality clothes to a local consignment store, they rejected almost all of…
