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210 AIX-EN-PROVENCE
A few years back, I spent eight months in
France, calling it my “Junior Year Abroad, 30
Years Late.” I settled in Aix-en-Provence, in
the south, a three-hour TGV train ride from
Paris.

218 CRUISING HAWAII

I was looking forward to a relaxing cruise with
no airport hassle! We had visited several
Hawaiian islands over the years—but not since
2013 in Maui. This would be our 40th cruise
and second around Hawaii.

Margie Goldsmith

Margie Goldsmith, a Lowell Thomas Journalist of the Year, has won 101 creative
writing awards, visited 150 countries on seven continents, and written about
them all. She has published over 1,500 articles for various publications, is the
author of two published books, and has created, with America’s most award-
winning blues band, two albums as a singer/songwriter, Margie Goldsmith and
Friends, Part One and Two. “Her memoir, “Badass: From Fearful to Fierce” will
be published this fall as a printed book, Kindle and Audiobook.

Brian Clark
Brian Clark is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer and photographer who likes
to ski, kayak, scuba dive, bicycle and sail as often he can. A former staff writer
for The San Diego Union-Tribune, he now contributes to a number of publica-
tions.

Kitty Morse
Kitty Morse is a Casablanca-born food and travel writer, speaker, and author of 11
cookbooks, five of them on the cuisine of her native Morocco. Her memoir, Mint
Tea and Minarets: a banquet of Moroccan memories, and its French translation,
Le Riad au Bord de l’Oued, are both recipients of a Gourmand World Award. http-
s://www.kittymorse.com.

Michael Burge
Michael Burge is an award-winning journalist who worked for many years as an
assistant metro editor and senior writer for The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Michael and his wife, Kathleen, have logged countless miles visiting adult chil-
dren in Asia and Scotland. The couple met as Peace Corps volunteers in Kenya, so
they have no one to blame but themselves for their globe-trotting offspring.

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