In his January ’11 “Departure Lounge,” the publisher discussed reducing camera shake. He included pictures of someone holding a camera and wrote, “In picture No. 2, the photographer is tucking her arms in and using her body as a brace. The camera will be much steadier that way.”

I would label the two pictures, “1. Wrong” and “2. Not quite right.”

In photo No. 2, the model is attempting to both support the camera and release the shutter with the same hand. This is kind of a...

I read with interest the article by Lew Toulmin about motion sickness (June ’11, pg. 59). I have always been prone to motion sickness, though it has lessened with age, as he mentioned it would. (However, I’m not sure it’s not picking up again.)

Boats are the worst, for me, and I had never cruised until a few years ago when I sailed from Philadelphia to Bermuda. For just a short trip on a big boat, “All will be well,” friends assured me.

Well, there was this huge storm with 15-...

My husband, R.C., and I had booked our flights on Jan. 2, 2011, and committed to a trip to Egypt and Jordan for April 13-May 3. Then the uprisings began in Cairo. On Jan. 25, Internet and cell service were cut off. A full month would go by before we could make contact with our tour provider.

To plan our trip and guide us on the Cairo and Alexandria portions, we had selected Ibrahim Morgan (phone 20 1234 76 343), recommended by readers on ITN’s website (a search on “Egypt”). We, too,...