A Walker’s Christmas in Wales
So it must have been after the birth of the simple light In the first, spinning place, the spellbound horse walking warm Out of the whinnying green stable On to the fields of praise. Dylan Thomas, Fern Hill At the first gate, the walk did not look promising. A [...]
Thinking About Zombies on a Rooftop in Rome
In the light of a July morning, I crossed a bridge over the Tiber that was built in the year 62 BCE and wondered if, in all the Earth, there is an older bridge still in daily use? Standing there with that thought, I saw a large seabird, a kind [...]
Everybody Should Leave America Immediately
No, not forever. What did you think I meant? Just for a vacation. Remember those, when you went somewhere amazing with your family for two weeks because, well, obviously, you could? And because you wanted to see the world and find out if you need to know anything about it. [...]
