Aging on the Run, Europe, long term travel, Nationalism, Racism, Radical Hospitality, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies
“Where you hear singing, stop. Wicked men have no songs.” On June 14, we took a train from Locarno to Lugano, Switzerland. The station in Lugano is high above the city center. Our steep descent took us into the old town filled with upscale shops. At the bottom of the...
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, Latin America, Sustainable Economies
Water and food. When I think of the hierarchy of human needs, these two come to mind. Traveling in Latin America since November has got me thinking about how transportation makes those two essentials possible. If you want to destroy a community,...
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, Nationalism, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Public History, Radical Hospitality, Sustainable Economies, war and peace
We spent seven weeks in Antioquia, Colombia, primarily in Medellín, with shorter visits to Pereira and Retiro. “That is long enough to become a paisano,” one man said, kindly. Of course it is not, but it is long enough to repeat one’s steps...
