Life's a Journey

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. — Douglas Adams Three days until we leave for Scotland. Panic is setting in — I am not ready. I am not packed. My house is not clean. I still have things to do for work. I didn’t wash my sneakers [...]

I never seriously considered purchasing a digital book. For the price, you can buy quite a few paperback books. Digital books are not significantly less expensive than printed books, so it would take hundreds of books to realize the savings. Netbooks, though not as convenient and compact as digital book readers, have a lot more [...]

Have you ever played that memory game? The first player says, “In my suitcase, I will pack an aardvark – or some other word beginning with the letter A. The next person says, “In my suitcase, I will pack an aardvark and a banana – or some other item beginning with B. And so it [...]

Preparing for a trip abroad takes a lot of planning. Preparing for the same trip when one of the travelers has a disability is like planning a military campaign. There are so many things to consider — packing medicines and other medical necessities, finding accessible lodging and transportation, planning for both recreation and emergencies. Some [...]

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao-tze. According to Michael Moncur on The Quotations Page, a more correct translation from the original Chinese would be “The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one’s feet.” Rather than emphasizing the first step, Lau Tzu regarded action as something that arises naturally [...]