Aging on the Run, Public History, Sustainable Economies, Uncategorized
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, and granite, naked, ordinary people across the age span. Vigeland Park...
Israel/Palestine, long term travel, Public History, Travel to Sweden
Sweden’s capital is prettier than Oslo. The natural setting, with winding canals and myriad islands connected by walking bridges, is accented by old stone bridges and a magnificent wall of buildings in earthy rainbow colors accented by stone brocade...
Aging on the Run, long term travel
We are staying in a town that is a fifteen-minute train ride from Oslo. Our place is atop a hill: two rooms in the back of a house with a view of fjords and islands. We can hear the freeway at the bottom of the hill, but can’t see it. Deer frequent the yard, grazing...
Aging on the Run, Bicycle Touring, Sustainable Economies
There is a photo of Mark Rutte, outgoing Prime Minister of the Netherlands, leaving the Binnenhof—Parliament building in the Hague— on his bicycle, wearing dress clothes, no helmet, snack in one hand, work bag over one handlebar. Images like this made a...
