Backpacking the Desolation Wilderness
My young daughters had never backpacked before this summer, and they were so excited when we got them real backpacks at REI. Our first test trip covered a mile and a half and climbed about 400 feet in...
View ArticleBest Moments at the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
The Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference has come and gone and now that I’ve just about recovered from all the fun, here are my highlights. It was quite a time. 1. Alison Wright...
View ArticleBackpacking with my daughters
My essay about taking my young daughters on their first mountain backpacking trip appeared in today’s San Francisco Chronicle Travel Section. Read it here, or see it with photos on my blog at...
View ArticlePraise for the Writers Workshop Sailing off Turkey’s Turquoise Coast
Last year’s trip was fantastic, but don’t take it from me, listen to what the participants had to say. “What a journey, everything I hoped for and so much more! There is no better place to be lost in...
View ArticleA World without Tigers
My friend Brian Weirum has been working for almost two decades to protect the tigers of India and Nepal through his work with The Fund for the Tiger, where I’m on the board of directors. Part of his...
View ArticleTwo SATW Awards for Egypt Articles
I won a gold and a silver award in the SATW Western Chapter Awards for two stories I wrote about Egypt for the San Francisco Chronicle. “Buying a Shirt had Several Wrinkles” won the top prize in the...
View ArticleLarry Interviewed by Tim Leffel
Not long ago I had a chat with Tim Leffel about the state of travel journalism on his Travel Writing 2.0 blog. Check it out.
View Article“Up a Lazy River” Appears in No Fixed Destination, an e-book from Townsend 11
My story about cruising the Nile appears in No Fixed Destination: Eleven Stories of Life, Love, Travel, a new collection from Townsend 11, a publishing entity created by my long-term writers group. Get...
View ArticleNew Writers Workshop, Oct. 12-Nov. 30, 2011
As I do each autumn, I’m organizing an advanced personal essay/travel/memoir writing class in San Francisco. We will meet on seven Wednesdays, Oct. 12-Nov. 30 (skipping Nov. 23 for Thanksgiving),...
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“A Trickle of Time and Water” Appears in No Set Boundaries, an e-book from...
My story about floating down the Canal du Midi in the south of France appears in No Set Boundaries: Eleven Stories of Life, Travel, Misadventure, the second volume of essays from Townsend 11, a...
View ArticleReflections on the 2013 Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
A lot has been written about the 2013 Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, and now that I’ve had a few days to let the experience settle, I thought I’d add another note to the...
View ArticleReflections on the 2013 Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
A lot has been written about the 2013 Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, and now that I’ve had a few days to let the experience settle, I thought I’d add another note to the...
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