
Going Home (Part 3 of 3)
The departures gate creaks open, admitting the mid-day sun and a puff of air into my stuffy front hallway and illuminating the piles of luggage and Absolute Necessities that travel everywhere. The pile is crowned by the ragged and ubiquitous…

The Visit (Part 2 of 3)
A good Girl Scout or former camp counselor probably would have laid out a schedule, maybe even in writing, with proven estimates of time required for each activity, interspersed with breaks for healthy, pre-approved snacks. Instead,…

The Arrival (Part 1 of 3)
I don't know if you've ever been smack dab in the path of a tornado, as I once was, many years ago, but it's true what they say: There's an unsettling, yellow-tinged calm all around, just before the maximum-force winds blast through. That…