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by Esperanza Elena Rodriguez Searching for Self on I-5 This was all new to me: being alone, without a husband. I was 38 years old and what I thought would last forever did not. I found myself single and felt as though I had no identity of my very own. For the past twenty years,…

by Beverly Garrity What started on my own, ended up with 4 new friends and memories of a surprisingly stunning and peaceful travel destination. Leaving my usual travel companion – my husband – behind to travel to the annual Taiwan Cycling Festival and see what else this island had to offer. I fell in love…

by Sue McGarvie Canadian sex therapist and talk show host Sue McGarvie immerses herself in her research via a vacation to Desire Resort, a couples only resort for the sexually adventurous (or curious), in Los Cabos, Mexico. It’s not just the 17 feet of snow we’ve had this winter in my part of Canada that…

by Cheryl Dalhe In December of 2001, writer Cheryl Dahle visited the frozen continent with two polar explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, whose story she was researching and writing. This is the story of her trip. The book about the explorers, No Horizon is So Far, is available from Penguin Paperback (www.bancroftarnesenexplore.com). * *…

by Julia Spiro What was supposed to be a “year off” turned out to be the most challenging, inspiring, and awakening year of my life. I bit the eraser of my number two pencil and looked down at the test. I knew that it was a lost cause, no matter how long I stared at…