The Transformative Power of Telling Your Story
November 24, 2023
I recently visited Alaska to hold two public events for my book, Whispers from the Valley of the Yak. As always, being back in Alaska
Landscape
Family Heritage: My Parents’ China Letters
October 23, 2023
For nearly two decades, I’ve kept a Christian Science Monitor article on the rewards of transcribing family letters and papers. Having completed my family transcription
Leaving China, Part 2: Making Our Way Back to America
September 14, 2023
After our harrowing flight from Chengdu in late 1944, my family spent four nights in Kunming under a moon waxing to full. Japanese warplanes attacked
Leaving China: The story my Father never told
August 30, 2023
My father was a gifted storyteller, but he never talked about our family’s departure from war-torn West China in December 1944. I’ve recreated this harrowing story from my father’s perspective.
Adventure Travel, Part 2
August 11, 2023
The joy of international adventure travel comes from exploring local cultures with curiosity and an open mind.
Adventure + Travel = Adventure Travel
July 19, 2023
Whether inherited or acquired, I too consider traveling to be adventurous. But that wasn’t always my mindset…On Kodiak, perhaps it was the island life, especially the closeness to nature that was so profoundly healing for me.