In Bermuda, age nine.

The first travel story—a page from the journal I kept on that exotic trip to Bermuda.

The “aha” moment, as The Artful Dodger. My first and finest performance.

On the set of Class, my first movie. Nervous and thrilled.

Wary and apprehensive, as usual, watching filming of the prom scene during Pretty in Pink. Producer Lauren Shuler, left, and James Spader, far right. © Paramount Pictures

Seve and I, footloose in Ireland back in the day.

On the ice of Perito Moreno Glacier, in Patagonia, southern Argentina.

About to be slammed by a sudden storm on a ridge above Estancia Cristina, in Patagonia—with the Upsala Glacier behind.

In the Belén market in Iquitos, Peru, right after drinking down the “elixir.”

Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica, before the sharks and alligators and bees.

Colm and Margot, peeling away the years at a Heuriger in Vienna.

At the old ballyard in Baltimore.

Near the summit of Kilimanjaro at dawn, stopping to take notes.

Atop Kilimanjaro—then it got difficult.

The big moment in Dublin.

Finally, dancing a jig.