.I write about nationalism, sustainable economies, public history, social movements, immigration, MeToo issues and non-car travel. Since November. 2023, I have been living on the road, staying in a different country every month. I write about that experience in my Aging on the Run series.
Cuatro Cuerpos: Cádiz, Spain
"Check in with your bodies: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual," the online yoga instructor said. Pain radiated down my legs. Sciatica. My mental body divided our journey into five parts,...
Against Forgetting? Cádiz, Spain.
One of the books I gave away when we started this journey was Carolyn Forché’s Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness. I treasured this collection that recorded humanity’s...
Spain to Tangier, Morocco
In Cádiz, we took a bus to Tarifa, Spain, where the Mediterranean and Atlantic meet, and a ferry to Tangier, Morocco. In Tarifa, we could see Africa across the water. There was a small police...
Sardines and Seagulls. Algarve, Portugal
Overnight flight out of Boston to Cape Verde and then Lisbon. Flight attendants served tabouli salad, bread and butter, meat, potatoes, broccoli, red cake, coffee, and cookies. We ate this...
Cuatro Cuerpos: Cádiz, Spain
"Check in with your bodies: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual," the online yoga instructor said. Pain radiated down my legs. Sciatica. My mental body divided our journey into five parts,...
Against Forgetting? Cádiz, Spain.
One of the books I gave away when we started this journey was Carolyn Forché’s Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness. I treasured this collection that recorded humanity’s...
Spain to Tangier, Morocco
In Cádiz, we took a bus to Tarifa, Spain, where the Mediterranean and Atlantic meet, and a ferry to Tangier, Morocco. In Tarifa, we could see Africa across the water. There was a small police...
Sardines and Seagulls. Algarve, Portugal
Overnight flight out of Boston to Cape Verde and then Lisbon. Flight attendants served tabouli salad, bread and butter, meat, potatoes, broccoli, red cake, coffee, and cookies. We ate this...
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Cuatro Cuerpos: Cádiz, Spain
"Check in with your bodies: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual," the online yoga instructor said. Pain radiated down my legs. Sciatica. My mental body divided our journey into five parts,...
Against Forgetting? Cádiz, Spain.
One of the books I gave away when we started this journey was Carolyn Forché’s Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness. I treasured this collection that recorded humanity’s...
Spain to Tangier, Morocco
In Cádiz, we took a bus to Tarifa, Spain, where the Mediterranean and Atlantic meet, and a ferry to Tangier, Morocco. In Tarifa, we could see Africa across the water. There was a small police...
Sardines and Seagulls. Algarve, Portugal
Overnight flight out of Boston to Cape Verde and then Lisbon. Flight attendants served tabouli salad, bread and butter, meat, potatoes, broccoli, red cake, coffee, and cookies. We ate this...
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