Yesterday I received pictures and a video of my grandson taking his first train ride at age two years old. The pictures were very cute of him and his different expressions, but the vedio really... Read more >>

We’re all on a train going somewhere. Some days it feels like a bullet train going the speed of light and some days it feels like an old cargo train puttering along. The question is, do you know... Read more >>

Many people write about the history of trains and how it brings back such heartwarming memories. For many of those people, it is the whistle, along with the clack, clack of the wheels that evokes... Read more >>

When you ride your bike from downtown to West Seattle, you share the road with train tracks and loaded semi trucks. There’s a fishing pier where you can watch the tugboats tie up and the freight... Read more >>

Last night started in another auditorium, but this time it was indoors and relatively dark. I asked someone I knew from the class if we were having a test, and he tells me no, we aren’t. I see... Read more >>

Before we left for our fall break tour of Europe, my friend Ashley’s mother, a scheduler for President Clinton, gave us the number of embassy officials in every city we were going to visit. It... Read more >>

It seemed the unlikeliest of possibilities. My friend, Yi Shun, an adventure racer and all-around athletic person whom I most often viewed with amazement from the comfort of a barstool, frosty... Read more >>

I saw a woman today. She was 47. She cleared a path on the train not because of force, not because of fear— not even because she was large. She stood where others had moved away because of... Read more >>

 Train stations in seemingly every city in China are packed with country folks, “nongmin” or peasants as they’re called, crouched on the curb, waiting for a job. They are... Read more >>

My good friends Kathie and Bruce just got back from three weeks in France and Italy. Sounds divine, doesn’t it? Last year, Pamela and Richard traveled through Spain, while adventurous Penelope... Read more >>