I carry a notebook when I travel. It’s 4×8-inches, but it opens the long way so it slips easily into my back pocket. I take it with me everywhere when I’m on the road. When I see something strange or curious or interesting, I jot it down for possible future use as an item in…
Working directly with Amazon in an effort to promote this new book is quite a different experience. The secret, I have discovered, is in convincing Amazon to give your book more favorable treatment on their web site so many more people will notice it. That makes sense, all right, but how, you ask, does one…
Most of the time when I travel, I’m going solo. Of course I’ve traveled a lot with my wife and I took my daughter on a cross country train trip when she was about 11. But over the last 20 years, with only a few exceptions, I’ve traveled on my own, often being away for…
If you have spent any time in France—especially in some of the rural areas—you have probably encountered the kind of laid back, quirky approach to life that many of the French seem to have. If not, you can learn about and appreciate that in a wonderful book by Peter Mayle titled A Year in Provence….