The Golden Rule of Traveling: How to Be a Better Tourist
I’ve traveled my whole life—as an American boy spending summers with family in Greece; as a young man living in Paris for seven years; and
Category: Letters & Essays
An Afternoon in Athens
Why do you persist when giving up is so much easier?
On Feeding Pigeons
I used to think people fed pigeons out of kindness, that it came from that portion of the human heart that longs to help, to serve, and even to protect.
Why I Write
The past is just a goodbye unless it’s redeemed by words on paper.
On Hermaphroditism
The offspring of a two-god love
On Time and Travel
The new is always hiding in the old.
On Fearing the Dark
Why is it the dark we fear most?
