Well, not quite. But I have been to some very nice places. This little cabin overlooking the Pacific, where Mount Tamalpais meets the sea, north of the beautiful magical city of San Francisco, and shared with great friends, is one of them.

Talk about dumb luck. A few weeks ago, I set off for a [...]

Mamuji is a term of respect in Urdu for the maternal uncle. When I visited my Uncle Jim in Pakistan in 1993, that’s what people told me I should call him. Two weeks ago, Mamuji died in Pakistan after taking ill a few months ago. I don’t know how to describe what kind of person [...]