Southwest Flight 812: Restoring my faith in humanity
Emergency landing in Yuma. It’s been less than 18 hours since Southwest Flight 812 made an emergency landing in Yuma, Arizona with …
Southwest Flight 812: I prefer my plane without a sunroof, thanks
An explosion. A loud rush of air. A nosedive toward the ground. An oxygen mask? I had not anticipated a change in cabin …
The Malvinis take Manhattan (and parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx, too)
I lead a charmed life, one filled with riveting academic articles to read like “Chemosensory Cues to Conspecific Emotional Stress Activate Amygdala …
Daily Musing: Accounting for creative terrorists
La Guardia Airport. Dig that graphic. In the last 48 hours, I’ve traveled to New York and back, sleeping approximately 8 hours, …
Daily Musing: Organizing my snacks
My travel gauntlet begins. Red-eye to New York tonight. LA, Honolulu, Chicago, Oklahoma and Seattle after that. At least I will be …
Thursday 13: Moonwalking
A cool breeze on my face. Books in a bicycle basket. Peals of laughter. Although Tempe, Arizona is just about nothing like …
It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it
As you may know, I practically live at the airport. I fly home every other week when I’m lucky, and I spend …
Hopscotch Honeymoon Part XIV: Ending the moon in Moab
We started in Sacramento, ventured to Sedona, Santa Fe, Eureka Springs, Hannibal, Chillicothe, Oshkosh, Traverse City, Mackinac, Keokuk and Colorado Springs with …
Hopscotch Honeymoon Part XIII: Crashing in Colorado Springs
From Keokuk we flew southwest to Colorado Springs. Our picturesque clouds gave way to thunder and lightning storms. Although I couldn’t capture …
Hopscotch Honeymoon Part XII: Quick stop in Keokuk
After the splendor of the Grand Hotel, I thought the honeymoon would be all downhill from there. I heart surprises! After spending …