: About Me

My passion is ...

food, sailing, reading, the human condition

I know too much about ...

dieting!

My parents always told me ...

I was smart

My childhood ambition ...

Doctor or writer....guess which?

My favorite memory ...

First pay check for writing

Why I write ...

Love of language and the sense that everyone has an interesting story if told with the right words

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

listening to Raising Sand by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, reading Rachel Manija Brown's account of growing up in an ashram in India, All the Fishes Come Home To Roost

My first job ...

first real job was editing a weekly newspaper

My best moment ...

when each of my children was born

My inspiration ...

Tom Robbins, Elizabeth Smart, Dominic Dunne

Travel > Mexico Destinations Tips for visiting Mexico on a budget

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There has never been a better time than right now for budget travel in Mexico. Recent events have conspired to make Mexico look like a dangerous place to travel, but that means big savings for travelers. Worried about the cartel drug wars in the northern border towns and the H1N1 flu scare? Here's some advice: fly right over Juarez and Tijuana, and take the same health precautions that you would if you were traveling anywhere in the world, for a safe and economical holiday. The airlines are hurting, as are the big all-inclusive resorts on both coasts. This is "shoulder season" for travel i...

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