Aging on the Run: Travel Blog
In October 2023, my spouse and I retired and sold our house in Minneapolis, MN. USA. Since then, we have been traveling the world. I write a blog about each place, with a historian’s eye and an internationalist lens, wondering how memory can liberate the present.
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Seeing Peru through Prisms, in the Winter of ’26
It is our duty not to ignore our national reality, but we also have a duty not to ignore the global reality. José Mariátegui In Lima, the temperature in January is a delightful mid-70s—yet I...
My International Board of Peace
When world leaders signed off on Donald Trump's International Board of Peace to oversee Gaza, dystopian fiction writers despaired. Who could write anything worse? The only place to go at a moment...
16 things to do in and around Medellin, Colombia
We spent seven weeks in the state of Antioquia, Colombia, primarily in Medellin, with shorter visits to Pereira and Retiro. "That is long enough to become a paisano," one man said, kindly. ...
Is Colombia Safe? Demanding to be Told the Untold, on the Day the US bombed Venezuela
Is Colombia safe? Safety is the most common question on travel sites for Colombia. People exchange information about carrying phones, using taxis, riding the metro, traveling on this country...
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In October 2023, my spouse and I sold our house in Minneapolis, MN. USA. Since then, we have been traveling the world. I write a blog about each place, with a historian’s eye and an internationalist lens, wondering how memory can liberate the present.
Seeing Peru through Prisms, in the Winter of ’26
It is our duty not to ignore our national reality, but we also have a duty not to ignore the global reality. José Mariátegui In Lima, the temperature in January is a delightful mid-70s—yet I...
My International Board of Peace
When world leaders signed off on Donald Trump's International Board of Peace to oversee Gaza, dystopian fiction writers despaired. Who could write anything worse? The only place to go at a moment...
16 things to do in and around Medellin, Colombia
We spent seven weeks in the state of Antioquia, Colombia, primarily in Medellin, with shorter visits to Pereira and Retiro. "That is long enough to become a paisano," one man said, kindly. ...
Is Colombia Safe? Demanding to be Told the Untold, on the Day the US bombed Venezuela
Is Colombia safe? Safety is the most common question on travel sites for Colombia. People exchange information about carrying phones, using taxis, riding the metro, traveling on this country...