Choose a Journey

Buy maps, guidebooks, a new suitcase.

Think of a place where you can find peace or adventure. I long for oceans, beaches, blue skies. I favor beach towns: Provincetown, Monterey,

Montauk. I love them in the summer, when they’re crowded and noisy, and even more off-season, when I can walk the beach alone.

Pack up you car. Get plane tickets. Opt for the train. Go with your best friend or invite the long-lost love of your life. Go alone or, better yet, take your dog.

Read John Steinbeck’s Travels With Charley, which tells the story of his journey crisscrossing the country, searching for the heart

of America in the company of his beloved poodle, Charley.

If you can’t take a trip sometimes the best journeys can be found in a book. Roddy Doyle’s Ireland, Dennis Lehane’s Boston, Sue Grafton’s California,

Ernest Hemingway’s Paris.

Go out to your own backyard or to a park down the street. Open your book. Let the journey begin.

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