Travel Writing
In life as in work, it's not about the destination so much as the journey, and every place I visit also has a journey in progress - its history, the present, and the place where it's headed next. My job is to tell that story, to reflect back what I see from a traveler's perspective. I've done that - with a great deal of personal satisfaction - in the travel stories that I've been writing now for almost 20 years, focusing on the Caribbean, and now on U.S. destinations.
After reading a new travelogue of mine, one seasoned travel editor exclaimed, "Holy @#@#! I love the way you write! I was right there with you…." To me, that's the highest compliment I can ever be paid. This is a job that never gets old, and I still think I have one of the best in the world, because the world is an amazing classroom, one full of people, cities, oceans, gardens, museums, even swim-up bars.
