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, long term travel, Minneapolis Interview Project, Nationalism, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Public History, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies, war and peace
It is our duty not to ignore our national reality, but we also have a duty not to ignore the global reality. José Mariátegui In Lima, the temperature in January is a delightful mid-70s—yet I felt woozy by midday, and drenched in sweat. It rarely rains, yet...
Aging on the Run, Latin America, long term travel, Nationalism, Social Movements, war and peace
Is Colombia safe? Safety is the most common question on travel sites for Colombia. People exchange information about carrying phones, using taxis, riding the metro, traveling on this country road, or vacationing on that Caribbean beach. Men discuss how to...
Aging on the Run, long term travel, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies
After two years of global travel, we now know how beautiful the world is. As bicycle travelers, we knew the land we call the United States is as stunning as the rest. We forgot just how lovely the US Northland is in the fall. I do not remember a year when red...
