Wanderism Travel

The new book I’m writing has been a source of continuous excitement to me. This has been due in no small part to the global travel involved during the long research phase. Luckily, Hawai’i has been a part of that phase. Specifically, the research has taken me to the Bishop Museum in [...]

I admit it. I’m egocentric. Proof of this comes from my quest to find street intersections that sport my name.
Most people can find a street in their city that matches their first or last name. That’s easy. But your whole name? Not so much.
When I travel to new North American and UK or Irish [...]

I know what you’re thinking. We have Google Maps, MapQuest, GPS tools and handheld devices to decipher it all. Why do we need actual maps any more? They’ve gone the way of the astrolabe, the sextant and the foot pedal sewing machine.
Well, not so fast.
A gentleman by the name of Jack Joyce runs [...]

In the grand scheme of life there are few things more certain than procrastination. We wait… for the right time, the right place or the the right weather. We ‘put off’ till tomorrow, ‘defer’ until later and ‘reserve opinion’ till a more opportune moment. It could be something as simple as raking [...]

A travel diversion…
Snooping around in some boxes recently, looking for some old research material for a new project I’m pursuing, I found an old thoroughly beaten steno pad. I still use those things for notes and jots and such (old habits die hard), but this particular one contained thoughts, diversions, ideas and sights [...]