If my memoir ever finds an agent and is published, readers  who buy the book will journey back to the 1960s, joining my travel adventures throughout Europe and Africa.  I spent nearly 4 years wandering the planet and found the experience freeing.  Existing as a stranger in a strang

When I was a kid, my friends and I spoke in pig Latin when we wanted privacy while others were present.   The rules were simple and familiar to many, though in our smugness, we weren’t aware of that until our 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Brown, slapped us down with a few pig Latin phra

One episode of the original Star Trek television series was a story about a technically advanced society that was flourishing in the midst of war. People wandered leisurely through the streets, drank lattes at sidewalk cafes amidst gleaming skyscrapers and well manicured landscapes. T