“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable,” wrote poet Mary Oliver. Much of the news, and sometimes much of our heart, is filled up with frustration, not least when we look at the political situation in Washington D.C. But I don’t want to write about the negative stuff right now. The picture above […]
15 Photos: 2018 In Review
It’s that time of year again, when I inadequately summarize the year that was with a line of statistics. Here it goes: In 2018, I traveled for 129 days and set foot in nine countries: the United States, Portugal, Ireland, England, France, Morocco, Spain, Germany, and Switzerland. Compared to 2017, which was 302 days in […]
The Threat To Tweety Bird
In the mountains surrounding the Panamanian town of Boquete, there is a rather phenomenal coffee farm called Hacienda La Esperanza. It is run by Jose Pretto, a Panamanian citizen of Italian descent seen in this photograph. We met one day in 2008, two hours into my walk down a curvy two-lane highway, where I was […]
Looking Across Asia From The Great Wall Of China
Fifteen years ago today, I sat on the Great Wall of China and pondered the journey I was setting out upon — 61 weeks by land across Asia, from China to Turkey. To commemorate the anniversary, I post the following excerpt from my unpublished manuscript about the journey: Sitting alone on the Great Wall […]
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