We are a family of gypsies. We cool off our suitcases reluctantly, airing them out for a day or so before filling them up again.

We can sleep on a park bench, but don't. We've learned all the tricks of navigating airports and taxis, arriving in a new country after an overnight flight ready to hit the pavement like runners launching themselves off the block. The intoxicating and unique scent of a foreign city stimulates us like a strong cup of joe.

When we aren't traveling we are plotting the next journey. We all have what is commonly refered to these days as ADHD but bah! I think we are just intensely curious beings. We poke around everything, taking things apart, examining them thoroughly, putting them back together again - usually in a new way. "Look at this!" is our favorite family greeting. "Well, whaddaya know?" the favored reponse.

We have only two admitted prejudices: 1) boorish and 2) boring, though we admit to being both at times and therefore try to offer the same benefit of the doubt whenever possible. Do unto others and all that...

We have discovered one basic truth in life - that you really just have to see for yourself and decide for yourself. We figure the best way to do that is see all we can and think about it.

It's doubtful that we will come up with the next great insight and truth, but assuredly we will have had a good old time and kept our boredom at bay.

And maybe that's all there is to it, anyway...