Aging on the Run, Europe, long term travel, Public History, Radical Hospitality, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies
What is it about Lago Maggiore—this lake, these mountains, this air, this space between the Germanic and Latin worlds—that attracts rebels? In 1868, Carlo Cafiero, Italian leader of the International Workingmen’s Association and comrade of Friedrich Engels,...
Aging on the Run, long term travel, Sustainable Economies
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 find markets, discover new foods, and learn a new...
Aging on the Run, long term travel, Nationalism, war and peace
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 TV. I wanted to see how the high-power meeting was playing out...
Aging on the Run, Europe, long term travel, Social Movements
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 after Mussolini formed his fascist party in Milan and anti-fascist...
Aging on the Run, Latin America, Nationalism, Public History, Racism, Social Movements
From the Río Bravo to the Straits of Magellan, the Great Cemi, riding high astride a condor, has scattered the seeds of the new América across the romantic nations of the continent and the suffering islands of the sea! José Martí, Nuestra América The Straits of...
