My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California and Japan as possible.
American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America...
There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.
The world is too much with us late and soon getting and spending we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours.
