In her interviews, Oprah often likes to ask people a thought-provoking question: What is one thing you know for sure? I’m an agnostic about most things, and a scientist at heart. I know I’m not omniscient, and I know the difference between “know” and “believe.” While I have strongly held opinions on many topics, I […]
Sometimes, the answer to the question “Why didn’t you say something to me about that?” is “Because I didn’t know how to tell you.” And sometimes, the answer is, “Because I knew you already knew, but you were choosing not to see.”
I recently had guests in my home, and I recently was a guest in someone’s home, which has me thinking about what is included in the perfect guest room. What would you add? Comfortable pillows: Don’t just use the guest room as a graveyard for your old pillows that are too flat for you to […]
In 2013, I traveled to Iceland to write the first of my travelogues, Pam on the Map: Iceland. One of my favorite experiences in Iceland was meeting and talking with Jón Gnarr, who was the Mayor of Reykjavík at the time and had been called “the world’s most interesting mayor.” We had a great […]
This month, I published my tenth book: Death at Glacier Lake, my first mystery. But publishing my tenth book in the year 2017 wasn’t a given. At any moment, our future lies in front of us, infinite paths waiting to be taken. (For thoughts related to this, see one of my favorite—and most popular—posts, “Why […]
A while back, I made a mistake. It was unintentional, but it was bad in a very not good way. The kind of bad where afterward you feel a little bit ill, or a lot ill, and you want very much to go back in time and change it and everything that led up to […]
I know I was going to post every day no matter what. But I need to take some time to go offline and pause and breathe and reassess and figure out the way forward. I will be back. Peace.
There is no way I will write anything coherent and organized today. Some have. One of the best things I’ve seen is a post by Jon Pavlovitz about “Why We Grieve Today.” It’s so good that people have crashed his server trying to get to it. I can’t even get to it right now, so […]
I just remembered I hadn’t posted today. So caught up in the election all day that I almost forgot. I am in shock at the election outcome tonight. I have so many words. I have no words. But I know this much: it may take a while, but Love Always Wins. P.S. Did you know […]
A funny thing happens when a person reaches a degree of recognition and potential influence: Some people tell them to shut up. Rick Steves (I assume you know who he is) is world-famous. He’s also very outspoken on his political beliefs. And every time he talks politics, some people tell him: “Rick, stick to travel.” In fact, […]
