Selected Poems

They'll pick me up And take me home I will be the cause Of their joy

Mexico de Nuevo

Over the years, this place has changed from a favorite getaway spot into a country for which I have a deep affection.

The Inner Journey

Rather than outwardly seeking more—more vistas, more treasures, more news, more of everything—we moor to the moment. Being mindful of here and now is enough.

Sour Cherries at Buc-ee’s

To the past when everything felt whole, and then wasn’t, and then became something newly stitched, like us on this palimpsest of a road trip. A new group of four making our own way...

Historic Black Travel: The Journey of Hershaw and Collins

The spirit of Hershaw and Collins’s journey is best summed up in a quote by author, poet, and godmother of Black travel Maya Angelou: “Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what...

The Way in Hue

Some travel is planned with an itinerary. Some travel is spontaneous and cannot be planned. We learned Thay had returned from Thailand the day before; therefore, our meeting had to be on...

A Faith Journey in Film: An Interview with Jude Chehab

“Making the film was like removing veils. . . . Part of that clarity, if anything, has actually made me hold on to the faith with a stronger grasp,” she says. “It was easier to see...

How a Decision I Made Forty-Three Years Ago Changed My Life

I saw and learned about another culture in a rural setting, an opportunity one doesn’t often get when traveling. The experience not only opened my heart and mind to unfamiliar foreign...

Home

I hear those days. Those days sound like the laughter of cousins climbing trees and running barefoot through fields of corn. I hear the creak of the old screen door as the spring stretches...

Fall 2023

In this season of holiday travel, our Fall issue explores myriad kinds of journeys: travel abroad to discover the world and witnessing history unfold, or on a mission of good works, or returning home to nostalgic terrain. There are journeys of birth and belonging, pit stops on road trips, and journeys of coming back to oneself to go within. As contributor Theresa A. Yuschok points out in her piece about the inner journey, “Rather than outwardly seeking more—more vistas, more treasures, more news, more of everything—we moor to the moment. Being mindful of here and now is enough.”