I write about nationalism, sustainable economies, public history, social movements, immigration, MeToo issues, and ethical 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.
Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis, 2024.
In Tom Wolfe’s 1940 autobiographical novel, You Can't Go Home Again, a young white man moves to New York City and then returns to the South, where he no longer feels like he belongs. I was assigned...
Icelandic Winds
Iceland is a land of ghosts and ghouls, sea monsters, and an earth that howls. It is an island of volcanoes and fjords, endless flat petrified lava fields, green valleys, black, white, and...
People’s Living History: Northern Ireland
The Political Geography of Northern Ireland Then and Now. To begin to understand Northern Ireland, I needed to stare at some maps. Ireland before 1920 was divided into four provinces....
A Good Tourist in Oslo?
Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand stretch of green. Advancing to the pinnacle, we passed a mass of bronze, iron,...
Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis, 2024.
In Tom Wolfe’s 1940 autobiographical novel, You Can't Go Home Again, a young white man moves to New York City and then returns to the South, where he no longer feels like he belongs. I was assigned...
Icelandic Winds
Iceland is a land of ghosts and ghouls, sea monsters, and an earth that howls. It is an island of volcanoes and fjords, endless flat petrified lava fields, green valleys, black, white, and...
People’s Living History: Northern Ireland
The Political Geography of Northern Ireland Then and Now. To begin to understand Northern Ireland, I needed to stare at some maps. Ireland before 1920 was divided into four provinces....
A Good Tourist in Oslo?
Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand stretch of green. Advancing to the pinnacle, we passed a mass of bronze, iron,...
Recent Posts
.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.
Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis, 2024.
In Tom Wolfe’s 1940 autobiographical novel, You Can't Go Home Again, a young white man moves to New York City and then returns to the South, where he no longer feels like he belongs. I was assigned...
Icelandic Winds
Iceland is a land of ghosts and ghouls, sea monsters, and an earth that howls. It is an island of volcanoes and fjords, endless flat petrified lava fields, green valleys, black, white, and...
People’s Living History: Northern Ireland
The Political Geography of Northern Ireland Then and Now. To begin to understand Northern Ireland, I needed to stare at some maps. Ireland before 1920 was divided into four provinces....
A Good Tourist in Oslo?
Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand stretch of green. Advancing to the pinnacle, we passed a mass of bronze, iron,...
Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis, 2024.
In Tom Wolfe’s 1940 autobiographical novel, You Can't Go Home Again, a young white man moves to New York City and then returns to the South, where he no longer feels like he belongs. I was assigned...
Icelandic Winds
Iceland is a land of ghosts and ghouls, sea monsters, and an earth that howls. It is an island of volcanoes and fjords, endless flat petrified lava fields, green valleys, black, white, and...
People’s Living History: Northern Ireland
The Political Geography of Northern Ireland Then and Now. To begin to understand Northern Ireland, I needed to stare at some maps. Ireland before 1920 was divided into four provinces....
A Good Tourist in Oslo?
Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand stretch of green. Advancing to the pinnacle, we passed a mass of bronze, iron,...
Recent Posts
Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis, 2024.
In Tom Wolfe’s 1940 autobiographical novel, You Can't Go Home Again, a young white man moves to New York City and then returns to the South, where he no longer feels like he belongs. I was assigned...
Icelandic Winds
Iceland is a land of ghosts and ghouls, sea monsters, and an earth that howls. It is an island of volcanoes and fjords, endless flat petrified lava fields, green valleys, black, white, and...
People’s Living History: Northern Ireland
The Political Geography of Northern Ireland Then and Now. To begin to understand Northern Ireland, I needed to stare at some maps. Ireland before 1920 was divided into four provinces....
A Good Tourist in Oslo?
Oslo is on a hill. From the central train station, it climbs steadily. Four miles up is Frogner Park— a grand stretch of green. Advancing to the pinnacle, we passed a mass of bronze, iron,...
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I write about nationalism, immigration, public history, sustainable economies, MeToo issues and the politics of travel