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Going underground in Dorset.
Photo of Dorset by Tom Heller used under a Creative Commons license. Geoffrey Household, Rogue Male (NYRB, 2007). A thriller, originally published in 1939. The unnamed protagonist stalks a European d… more →
The Hieroglyphic Streets
Una piedra en el zapato
wrote 2 hours ago: Una piedra en el zapato. … more →
My completed essay. References available upon request.
wrote 5 hours ago: What is the relationship between the real and the imagined place in Italo Calvino’s Invisible … more →
Travel Writing and Photography 101: A Conversation with Ursula Maxwell-Lewis
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wrote 20 hours ago: A Wanderer’s Path — Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Yilin) For as long a … more →
Into South Africa
wrote 3 days ago: Trail between Cape Point and Cape Good Hope In 1948, President Truman gave the order to de-segregate … more →
Get Inspired! Get Motivated!
wrote 5 days ago: One of the best things about travelling is often the buildup to going and the excitement about the e … more →
West with the Night
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wrote 6 days ago: This week I’ve been reading a book called West with the Night by Beryl Markham. It’s int … more →
Performing the impossible
wrote 1 week ago: Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858) “was a Viennese women of the Biedermeier era with one dream: she want … more →
Release of daily WWII Battle of Britain-Bomber Command itinerary and cost
wrote 1 week ago: Hi everyone ! The release of the full itinerary and costing for this departure due on the 8th July. … more →
The Weekly Urchin Recap
wrote 1 week ago: By Geo Ong This Urchin’s going on assignment, y’all. I leave tomorrow, and for ten days … more →
American Ego- The reasons that if I lived in Dodge, I'd want to get the hell out
wrote 2 weeks ago: So, I don’t live in Dodge, but I do want to get the hell out. I turned in a paper this week th … more →
Un salto no más
wrote 2 weeks ago: Un salto no más. … more →
Road to Axum
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wrote 2 weeks ago: We set off for the Central Highlands, aiming first for Gondar, then the Simien Mountains en route to … more →
Defining culture
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Culture is fluid. It moves in all directions. While it might be what defines a country or group of p … more →
Dream Travel: Mirror Picture Story Folds Fact and Fiction
wrote 2 weeks ago: Marc Latham’s blog mixing mirroring images of textured photography by Julien Coquentin and di … more →
Caribbean media Press Release
wrote 2 weeks ago: English: A beach on Coco Cay, an island leased by Royal Caribbean International, in the Bahamas. (Ph … more →
Off The Beaten Page Interview on Minnesota Monthly Blog
wrote 2 weeks ago: Minnesota Monthly recently posted an interview that Joel Schettler did with me about Off the Beaten … more →
Reading: An Inspiration for Travel
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I love to read; there’s nothing better, in my opinion, than a rainy night, a warm bed, snuggly … more →
Wild
wrote 3 weeks ago: Tonight I had the utmost pleasure of finishing the book I started reading earlier this week: Wild by … more →
Shoulda Coulda Woulda
wrote 3 weeks ago: I turned in my 3500-word* Travel Literature essay on Friday night at 11:59pm. I don’t know if … more →
