They bait you with discounted helicopter tours, dinner cruises, snorkeling and diving trips, and more. They hook you by locking you in to a ninety-minute presentation by a commissioned salesperson endeavoring to sell you their “best and newest” plan or product. They reel you in by pampering...

After two months of touring the island of Maui, I still hadn’t taken the opportunity to watch the sunrise from the summit of Haleakala, Maui’s 10,000-foot dormant volcano also known as The House of the Sun. It’s not that I hadn’t wanted to wake up in the wee hours of the morning or drive...

It didn’t make sense to me, the way they just stood there, upright like sentries on guard or meerkats scanning the prairie. I nearly fell over the first one as I mindlessly ambled along the waters edge, foamy water licking my feet and sugary sand molding to each footstep. If I had been more attentive,...

My life is speeding forward and I feel like I am caught in a whirlwind of unexpressed desires, unmet goals, and unexplored opportunities. Why do I find myself browsing craigslist for studio apartments in Portland Oregon when 1) I have never even been there and 2) I really have no intention of going there...