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After our daughter was born, my wife and I mailed our donation and subscription request to The Catholic Worker newspaper. After all, we had just named our firstborn, Rachel Day, [...]

The typical diary or autobiography of a 1st AIF soldier starts with the enthusiasm and naivety of youth, the great adventure sailing from Australia and seeing exotic lands, the training [...]

A writer narrates the daily events he encountered for the first week of 1997 beginning New Year's Eve. The different places and characters he met during the week are described. A conversation with a disturbed lady and friends were among the most memorable events of the week.

Dave Brammer tries to avoid looking like Dale Winton as he joins a Maori haka on a Tourism New Zealand fam trip 07:00 Awake at the Copthorne Paihia and throw [...]

The Jamaica Tourist Board hosted two TTG travel agent competition winners to see Usain Bolt's world record sprint 13:00 Dana: We are treated to a tasty Caribbean VIP lunch on [...]

Dan Horton takes to the skies during a fam visit to Arizona to check out the Grand Canyon with Funway Holidays 04:00 Ouch! After arriving from the UK last night, [...]

Thomson's Bonnie Whiting enjoys turning into a 70s disco diva during an adult Big Weekend at Butlins Bognor Regis 07:00 Wake up to Lady Gaga on the radio alarm. It's [...]

Thomas Cook consultant Allison Dingle whizzes around Jamaica during a fam trip with Couples Resorts 07:00 Meet the girls for an early swim in the beautiful crystal-clear Caribbean sea. 08:00 [...]

Heidi happily snaps pics of dolphins, but not alligators, on a fam with Visit Florida and The Naples, Marco Island, Everglades CVB 07:00 I wake up in the most comfy [...]

Hardy tackles the cliffs of Gozo during a fam to the second largest island in the Maltese archipelago with Visit Malta 07:30 I finally manage to get out of bed. [...]

Aussie specialist Liz Jepson enjoys a Corroboree fam trip to northern New South Wales with Tourism Australia 07:00 The Ramada Hotel Ballina: up, showered and dressed, it's time for an [...]

Gemma Brown learns Tai Chi and (almost) masters chopsticks on a Hong Kong fam trip with Travel 2 and Cathay Pacific 07:00 Waking up in the Peninsula Hotel is an [...]

Travel consultant Sharon Hudson puts her camera through its paces during a four-night Page & Moy fam trip to Italy 08:00 The weather looks hot, so I dress in some [...]

Sue hits the beach, the markets and a waterpark on a fam trip to Atlantis The Palm with Gold Medal and Emirates 07:00 Morning call from reception. Hubby is fast [...]

Travel adviser Meg Williams takes to the Austrian slopes on an action- packed Inghams fam trip to Obergurgl 09:00 I make my way to the hotel's ski storage room in [...]

Byline: Dan Kois 11:25 a.m. It's the most beautiful day of the spring, and I'm descending into the dark Circle in the Square Theatre for a marathon viewing of The [...]

Rebecca Eady runs us through a busy day in West Yorkshire, starting with a wake-up call from five-month old puppy Skye 7:00 Wake up with my five-month-old puppy, Skye, licking [...]

Carrick Travel's Fiona Phillips imbibes the atmosphere (and more!) on an agency open day, before going to see The Killers 07:30 My husband brings me my usual cup of tea [...]

Karen Self attracts much attention during an Elegant River Cruise fam trip along the Rhine with Titan Travel's Connections 07:00 Wake up onboard the River Countess on the first morning [...]

Tracey Hobson discovers paradise and hopes to secure a day with mascot Steely Pan in Trinidad & Tobago during a fam with the Caribbean islands' Tourism Development Company 07:00 Day [...]

Polly Briscoe-Gayle soaks up Antiguan romance during a seven-day wedding and honeymoon certificate fam trip with the Antigua and Barbuda Tourist Office 08:00 I wake up and look out of [...]

Emma Downey enjoys dune bashing, a camel ride and a trip to a hot spring a Jetset fam trip to Abu Dhabi with Jetset and Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority 08:30 [...]

Simon Morgan samples helicopters, Rolls-Royces and yachts on a luxury Gold Medal VIP fam trip to Dubai 09:00 Sunshine is glimmering through the curtains. I lie contemplating the Rolls-Royce Phantom [...]

Clare Riola Down under on a Scenic Tours fam Clare, from Premier Travel in St Ives, discovers some of Australia's beach, city and rainforest delights during an East Coast Queensland [...]

Karen's day in China's capital takes in Tiananmen Square, the Summer Palace and an acrobatics show 08:00 After a long but smooth flight from the UK we check into our [...]

Samantha Low hotfoots it to the Advantage Focus Champions conference in Edinburgh 07:00 Take a taxi to the railway station. It's only a 10-minute walk from home but booking a [...]

Karley Macewan mambos with the Dirty Dancing cast Karley dons pink leg warmers to learn some moves, then sees the show with Superbreak 07:30 After jumping in the shower I [...]

I recently stumbled upon my diary from eighth grade--one of those small hardcovers with a little gold lock. The key's long gone, but I pried it open and read the [...]

On a Friday evening in May 2018 I am going to see the Broadway show Hamilton. We had to book the tickets two weeks ago. Fair enough, you might say--some [...]

From the diary of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ... and let me just say, oy, that meshugge shiksa, she gets me into her chambers, wants to have a 'get to [...]

Having at last disposed of the avalanche of newspaper clippings known as my Idea Files, I am now sorting out the stack of spiral notebooks that constitute my Journal. All [...]

Finding Words for War Carrie was a young southern girl who recorded her impressions of the Civil War. Her diary -- now carefully preserved in the Atlanta (Georgia) History Center […]

Most lighthouses were far from any town and far from schools and friends. Only a few had electricity or running water. Twelve-year-old Ellen lived with her family at a lighthouse […]

Boris, 19, is a college freshman at Cooper Union in New York City, where life changed forever in September. Boris is keeping this diary of his life for us so […]

Finding history and serenity in the tattered pages of a faded black notebook As usual, the evening news is jarring. I listen and realize that I cannot amend the world's [...]

The diarist as a girl found fulfillment in writing to express her feelings. Later as a young woman she became obsessed with the dairies of Katherine Mansfield. Eventually she realized that life is cyclic and we are part of present, past and future. Journals let us better recall our own past.