What happens when you put a horseman on the back of a camel? He gets to thinking about livestock. Sparse thoughts. Comparative thoughts. Saddles. If…
My father was an art critic. (He was a man of many talents. Ranching was his vocation and joy, but hardly his sole interest or…
When I last visited Hampi and its ruinous, romantic surrounds, the Tunga-Bhadra River was the northern boarder of the archeological monument. Today archeologists recognize the…
The social context for our time in Bhimavaram with the Byrraju Foundation is important: two western Professors traveling to rural Andhra Pradesh are VIPs. We…
Novelists have long known that time travel is easy: Take a look—a sharp, tell-yourself-no-lies look—then shut your eyes. Better yet, go away. Return with open…
How do we get ready for India? Train! How do we train? By Amtrak. From Portland to Vancouver, BC. What makes the Cascades line such effective…
In the last three weeks we’ve logged 1300 kilometers in long haul Turkish buses. While it isn’t as luxurious as Argentina’s, the Turkish bus system…
Finnegan and Anastasia had rented a donkey, loaded it with two paniers, and gone to visit Anastasia’s grandmother, the matriarch of the Demetriades. This was…
Then there was Messina, whence they jumped to Zakinthos, a Greek thing and thus within the sphere of Anastasia. We were in Messina, on Sicily….
Two weeks and one day in Italy convince us that the people here are some of the warmest and most helpful of any whose company…
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