I’m sitting patiently—with a passive restlessness—in seat 31E. The middle seat in the very last row of Peach Airlines flight 215 to Naha,...

The sun’s beating down on you. It’s a warm morning in late October, and you’re smack dab in the middle of Joshua Tree National Park. ...

Turmeric Edition Karl Solano, 2018 "He who controls the spice controls the universe." — Frank Herbert It's been 10 months...

Riding in an 'air-conditioned' Guatemalan bus. This is a step up from the Litegua or Fuente del Norte. It's small but zippy. And most...

Picture this. You're standing on a rocky ledge, forty feet above a picturesque swimming hole, surrounded by crumbling camel cliffs. As...

Little baby gecko, you entered my life on a sultry Guatemalan night. There you were, a tiny, sticky gelatinous mass at the bottom of the...

Three years ago, I made the big switch and shifted over to a solely plant-based diet. A decision initially made based on digestive...

Picture this. It's a cloudy August day, the towering wall of Mount Yamnuska engulfed by the cool, impenetrable mist. You are pensively...