Aging on the Run, Bicycle Touring, Sustainable Economies
There is a photo of Mark Rutte, outgoing Prime Minister of the Netherlands, leaving the Binnenhof—Parliament building in the Hague— on his bicycle, wearing dress clothes, no helmet, snack in one hand, work bag over one handlebar. Images like this made a...
Aging on the Run, Nationalism, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies
In December of 2025, one month before Trump bombed Caracas and promised oil exploitation that would carry a high environmental cost for Venezuelans and three months after his administration began bombing fishing boats off the Caribbean and Pacific Coasts, and a month...
Aging on the Run, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Racism, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies
Brussels, like Paris, unfolded as a mash-up of old and new. While Paris was a hard 24 hours, Brussels was an inviting and fun three days. The difference was serendipity, not a true reflection of these two venerable places. This is the problem with short...
Aging on the Run, Nationalism, Racism, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies
“The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.” 17th Century French Philosopher, Voltaire In France, I acquired impressions. Impressions of Cormeilles, Normandie, France There are...
Aging on the Run, Former Yugoslavia, long term travel, Nationalism, Public History, Sustainable Economies
I began this essay in Montenegro, where people speak a local Serbian dialect, and finished it in Wales, where Welsh is visible on every signpost, yet English is undeniably dominant. Such is the language of empire. Living in countries with idioms foreign to me, I have...
Aging on the Run, Balkans, Public History, Sustainable Economies
“I accepted the story I heard on foreign media: that the [1997] Albanian civil war could be explained not by the collapse of a flawed financial system but by longstanding animosities between ethnic groups… its plan could be disrupted only by outside...
