After a delicious trip abroad, a return to American reality

If I returned wanting to write a little something about the privilege and pleasure of travel, well, the topic feels unimportant at just this moment.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2022
How long does it take you to truly settle into relaxation during a significant, longer-than-a-long-weekend vacation? I don’t usually reach some true point of rest — the falling away of work and daily-life stresses, an “Oh, you’re still there!”...
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