Cuzco—8/30/22 @ 7:30pm If you spend the day doing something rhythmic (riding a horse, sailing a boat, there are probably other examples)...

Back in Cuzco. I thought I'd adapted to the high altitude. I was WRONG! Rusty is taking the afternoon to sleep and rest. I'm...

Monday, 8.29 3pm Photo by Twig! To get to Macchu Picchu, you have two options. You can go the Inca way (by foot) or you can take a bus,...

Pueblo Machu Picchu is far enough over the Andes to be in a cloud rainforest--the far extreme end of the Amazon basin. My phone tells me...

Sunday, 8/28 Sixteen days after midnight (really 7:30 pm) ALTITUDE IS KICKING MY ASS. So THIS is what they were talking about. My...

Saturday, 827 3:15pm What’s the deal with dogs in Lima? I haven’t found anyone to ask yet, but I will. People have dogs here; I’ve seen...

Friday 8/26 5:30pm The thing about currency in a foreign land is: IT’S NOT MONOPOLY MONEY. I have this powerful urge to pull out the...

Friday, August 26 Lima (Miraflores) 7:50 in the morning The Incas were an astonishing empire—the most astonishing empire you’ve sort of...

August 25, 2022 Miraflores, Lima (Peru) 8:30 pm Midway through the flight, everybody suddenly got very sleepy and ALL the window shades...

Thursday, August 25, 2022 En route to Lima I had a vicious and entirely unjustifiable reaction when the pilot announced that we’d be...

My Aunt Peggy had a glorious whiskey voice—like Demi Moore. Unlike Demi, Peggy shared my DNA—plump from the word “go”—and oh, how I loved...

A Fable You’ve Heard Before But Hear Me Out I Have A Point Once upon a time in the far, far ago, there was a brutal bastard of a king....

Neither Burl Ives nor Nat King Cole ever covered it (as far as I know), but there’s an old Christmas carol from my father’s four-hour...

It's only SLIGHTLY mean because I refuse to name names. Here's the thing: Even before I became a rom-com author (ooh, check me out!...

Monday, November 22—4:54 PM I ain’t moving. I’m refusing to get out of my jammies for at least another 18 hours. There’s reputed to be a...

Friday, November 19—10:52 AM As I pack my bag in desultory fashion, I’m filled with musing. The people I’ve met on this ship have much in...

Thursday, November 18—8:06 PM It takes courage to travel alone—without an “other” or a partner or a sister (come ON, Lexie and Twig! Step...

Thursday, November 18—8:48 AM The weather out here in the middle of nothing is like the special effects department is having...

Wednesday, November 17—9:33 PM It seems to be distressing Lucho that the entire day has been spent blissfully hidden away in cabins,...

Wednesday, November 17—8:07 AM Breakfast is over and I’ve returned to my aerie to watch from inside as those going ashore go ashore....