My experience is that travel is awe-inspiring, eye-opening, mind-bending, and never ceases to amaze. I hope to never stop. It is, on occasion, hair-raising, challenging, disorienting, and downright scary. So what does one do when things don’t go according to plan? When you miss your flight (or your traveling companion does- looking at you, Juliet 😉)? When you’re...

For those of you who read my postcards, you know that cold weather and I don’t do well together. Yet I often visit cold-weather destinations because they are uncommonly beautiful, are unique, and have wildlife that can be seen only in very few places. So I go. By now, I know to bring certain essential clothing: two kinds of long underwear, wool socks, jackets of...

Many years ago, I began taking a pillow with me when traveling. I’ve always liked soft downy pillows and all too often, the ones I find in accommodations are otherwise. In Cairo at the Garden Hotel in 1983, there was what felt like a sack of hardened cement at the top of the bed. Who could possibly rest their head on such a forbidding surface? Having no alternative,...

I’m not much of a shopper at home (well, except for plants but that’s an entirely different story). However, when I travel, I love to shop. It’s such fun to buy things and then enjoy them in my house long after I’ve returned. I get to relive the experience of the purchase: who I was with, what the place looked like, how good the sales...

I’m thrilled to have had two of my postcards reposted on India’s Endangered, a website raising awareness around species in India that are on the verge of extinction so as to galvanize efforts for their conservation. Thank you, India’s Endangered!