Red Room Where the Writers Are

T.S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruellest month, but among Antarcticans that month would have to be November in these times.

Word comes our way from the South that Darryl Hannah is about to head to Antarctica. What's all this, you may gasp.

I'm indulging in some "creative procrastination" today -- as I slowly reenter the regular world after nine days of the altered state brought on by a death in the family.

My first travel feature covered the front page of the Riverside Press-Enterprise's travel section yesterday.