My Fairy-Tale Life, by Steven Boone

As previously mentioned, focus has returned to words. Combing through decades of writing, essays are taking shape drawn from years of travel...

  Amy gave me a special potion and offhandedly said, “This will give you sweet dreams.” It is YIang Ylang and comes from flowers that g...

Life cannot be held, only experienced. To try and hold it is when we realize it is but a dream. When we believe we are in possession of...

Sometimes, when we are hiking in challenging terrain, we stumble, but get up to keep going. We are thrilled to be traveling,...

Piazza San Marco on a Sunday—with empty tables because of slight flooding. To be free to wander is a ravishing pleasure...

Kapaa Rooster, oil on linen, 24 x 20 inches “I know that thoughts are not always 100 percent good, but I sure do hate it when they...

Destiny is turning me in the direction of home. A steady hand guides me as the compass turns west, from London, England to ...

What is distance? It is a system of measurement determined by space and time. Arbitrary units are devised, e.g. minutes, hours, inch...

The Zone June 10, 2012 Deep Into Love June 26, 2011 People Of Color June 13, 201 ...

North coast of Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian Sea This time five years ago, while on the island of Sicily, I experienced a luxurious solitu...

My dear daughter Naomi , who I regard as an elevated teacher, even now that she has abandoned the physical form, said, “Everything is import...

  When I was a young man, I had an aversion to wearing a tie. My father would have to stand behind me and while facing a mirror, help me pu...

Do you ever ponder infinity, or do you just think, why bother, it is impossible to comprehend. Human beings like to measure. They create uni...

FRIDAY, May 4 People who know Venice understand that it is beautiful and grand, a place of joy, and also sad. Bells ring, violins play, a...