James D. Best

Me at the Boston Library this fall. For the last fourteen years, my wife and I have made extended visits to San Diego. When we lived i...

I just returned from a great vacation that explored the northeast of North America. My wife and I flew to Montreal to meet my sister...

Phoenix We lived in Arizona for twenty-five years, then my wife and I moved to Nebraska to be close to our grandkids. Our life is busy...

My sister lives in Long Beach, California and my brother in Kailua, Hawaii. I live mostly in Omaha, Nebraska, but spend winters in Sa...

What happens when a relentless downpour, politics, and street gangs attack California? I recently arrived back in California, a s...

We have three grandchildren in New York City and we try to visit them as often as we can muster up the energy and coin. Let’s see, w...

Mitchell Corn Palace We recently moved from Arizona to Omaha and are still getting to know the neighborhood. Friends—and sometime relat...

There is nothing as invigorating as an early morning hike. Probably should have done one yesterday. Instead, we got off about mid-morning ...

Yesterday, I visited a high school friend I had not seen for at least thirty years. Before diverting north, the trip started through the...

We started the day with a visit to Genoa, which is situated just below the Sierras at the edge of the Carson Valley. (Everything in thi...

An article in the  Wall Street Journal  got me thinking. Single-tasking has become a luxury. L. Gordon Crovitz's article is titled “...

I love to travel, but it's always good to get home again. We attended a wedding in Istanbul, and then spent a few weeks in Spain. We...