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All You’ll See Is Sky

A Memoir of Tragedy and Redemption in Africa Author: Janet A. Wilson Janet Wilson has had enough of her staid existence – of coloring within the lines, of abdicating her dreams, of the mundanity of daily life and an unexciting marriage. With or without her husband, she is determined to make a 25,000-mile drive across Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo. This time, she’ll answer the call to adventure, the struggle and strife of truly being alive, regardless of what’s smart, what’s responsible, what other people think she can and should do as a woman, a wife, a mother. Along the way, she [...]

2024-07-01T07:36:25-07:00June 29th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , , , |

She Rides: Chasing Dreams Across California and Mexico

Living Vs Surviving Author: Alenka Vrecek Time often heals, but it also takes away choices, opportunities, dreams. What we once promised ourselves we would do slowly becomes inconvenient, uncomfortable, improbable, then impossible. Finally, we let go, citing maturity, convenience, consequences, responsibility. At fifty-four, Alenka is facing this reconciliation head-long and she recounts it in She Rides: Chasing Dreams Across California and Mexico. As she sees it, there are two choices: to give into the ravages of a treacherous body after a horrifying head-on confrontation with cancer or to strike out and live her dream – dangers, challenges, and horrified family be [...]

2023-06-28T09:09:24-07:00June 27th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Pretty Good Number One: An American Family Eats Tokyo

A Pretty Good Tour of Tokyo Author: Matthew Amster-Burton In theory, I want to go to Japan. It’s always seemed like an exotic and interesting destination, and I have a personal connection: my mom is Japanese and was born there. But the double linguistic whammy of a foreign language and a foreign alphabet, plus a national diet of all the scariest, most unidentifiable brown stringy things in my grandma’s fridge, was… intimidating, to say the least. If nothing else, I owe food writer and fellow Seattleite Matthew Amster-Burton a great debt for making Japan sound navigable, friendly, and downright tasty [...]

2016-12-31T17:55:50-07:00October 29th, 2013|Tags: , , , , , , , |
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