Aging on the Run, Asia, Nationalism, Radical Hospitality, Sustainable Economies
I come from Minnesota. USA, a region of the world where February is so cold, artists create shanties on frozen lakes, and people flock to see their creations. They build ice castles and call it a carnival. People drive trucks onto ponds, dress in five layers,...
Aging on the Run, Israel/Palestine, long term travel, Nationalism, Public History, Radical Hospitality, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies
“For the ancient Egyptians, the universe was composed of dualities: fertile and barren, life and death, order and chaos.” Andrew Humphreys, Cairo and the Nile, Eyewitness Travel. 2009. “A new museum has been built to showcase Egypt’s...
Aging on the Run, Asia, long term travel, Nationalism, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Radical Hospitality, Social Movements
On the waterfront in Kadiköy, on the Asian side of Istanbul, in the November afternoon sun, a musician with a man-bun and beard plays on an electrified acoustic guitar. Old men and young women sit with their phones on video, capturing Turkish tunes...
Aging on the Run, Israel/Palestine, Nationalism, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Radical Hospitality
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 his book in 1975 at Oberlin College when I was a 17-year-old...
Europe, Israel/Palestine, long term travel, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Public History, Radical Hospitality, 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, Radical Hospitality, Travel to the Netherlands
This essay on travel to the Netherlands mentions Minnesota, Texas, California, Florida, New York, North Carolina, Ottawa, Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine, Mexico, Germany, and France. Local is global in the Netherlands. We came to Groningen because Professor Anne...
