Aging on the Run: Travel Blog Alphabetical list by country
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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Food First
We've been on the road since October 2023. It's funny that I don't write much about food, because it is 57% of what we do: buy, transport, cook, eat, and clean food. In a new place, we must...
Anti-fascists in a Swiss Cemetery
When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping, it was raining in Ronca Sopra Ascona, Switzerland. In my friend's Swiss apartment on the Italian border, we baked bread for the Sabbath and watched Latin American...
May Day in Milan. Bella Ciao!
Milan has long been the center of finance, fashion, and Ferraris. It is also both the birthplace of Italian fascism and a center of anti-fascist resistance. On April 29, 2026, 107 years...
The Geography of Emotions: Montevideo, Uruguay.
A Dutch travel writer came to Sri Lanka at a moment of personal crisis. He capitalized on his grief to write a bestseller that depicted the tropical island as a demonic place. The work was artful...
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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.
Food First
We've been on the road since October 2023. It's funny that I don't write much about food, because it is 57% of what we do: buy, transport, cook, eat, and clean food. In a new place, we must...
Anti-fascists in a Swiss Cemetery
When Donald Trump met Xi Jinping, it was raining in Ronca Sopra Ascona, Switzerland. In my friend's Swiss apartment on the Italian border, we baked bread for the Sabbath and watched Latin American...
May Day in Milan. Bella Ciao!
Milan has long been the center of finance, fashion, and Ferraris. It is also both the birthplace of Italian fascism and a center of anti-fascist resistance. On April 29, 2026, 107 years...
The Geography of Emotions: Montevideo, Uruguay.
A Dutch travel writer came to Sri Lanka at a moment of personal crisis. He capitalized on his grief to write a bestseller that depicted the tropical island as a demonic place. The work was artful...