“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves, and we travel, next, to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again—to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.” Pico IyerI love this quote from Pico … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Flying Home from Chicago during the 50 Year Anniversary of the Summer of Freedom…
I'm on the flight home from Chicago, and the young girl beside me is singing. I'd been on a research trip where I spent a wonderful day driving around with my cousin Mike, visiting neighborhoods I hadn't been to in half my life, standing in front of my grandmother's … [Read more...]