Stories about traveling at home and abroad from New York Times bestselling author Michelle Richmond. “You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.” Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
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6 Perfect Spots for a DIY Writing Retreat - Northern California Edition
Where to stay on the Northern California Coast, from a monastery in Big Sur to a historic inn in Fort Bragg, a quirky hotel in Monte Rio, & a Sea Ranch retreat
Michelle Richmond is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books of fic...
Another Day at Witch's Rock Surf Camp
the view from my balcony at Witch’s Rock Surf Camp
It’s 5:15 a.m. at Witch’s Rock Surf Camp in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, and I don’t ever want to go home. I’m sitting at a picnic table on the beach, drinking excellent coffee, waiting for my 7...
Scenes from a Snowy Montreal
Montreal’s Old Port, November 2025
For a big birthday earlier this month, I wanted to experience a bit of French culture, but we weren’t up for a transatlantic flight. More than twenty-five years ago, when my husband and I were living in N...
London Diary: Michael Fassbender and The National Day of Patti
Hamptstead Theatre, before the play and before the arrival
On the long flight home from London to San Francisco yesterday, I listened to reading M Train. Hearing her voice wash over me in my half-awake state smoothed out all the rough edg...
Netherlands Diary: Leiden Calling
My husband, son, and I touched down at Schipol at 10:30 a.m. and boarded a train to Leiden. After the eleven-hour flight from SFO, the gently rocking train through a flat green landscape from Schipol to Leiden nearly put me to sleep. At one...
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