The Geography of Emotions: Montevideo, Uruguay.

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 but distorted by both internal angst and Eurocentrism. I thought about...
Look at the Trees!

Look at the Trees!

A memory that came back to me as David and I rode from southern Virginia to Northern Georgia on this book tour.  I am eight-years old .It is June,1966. We are in a blue station wagon, filled with plants and cats and little brothers. The infant is in a basket in the...