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Category Archives: USA
General Headquarters
When I first read about a lost board game called “General Headquarters” that was created by Kurt Vonnegut, I was certain that it was an elaborate internet hoax. But, apparently I was wrong. Vonnegut’s life was not without its ironies. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged board games, Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano
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Obvious travel advice and more
Obvious travel advice, including “Mindset matters more than where you go”, and “Don’t confuse scarcity with value. A really good afternoon in the park (a really good one) is maybe about as good as it gets.” I recently purchased what may be … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Museums, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged guidebooks, Moleskine, Mutter Museum
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Mapping Meaningful Travel
Tourism Cares, a leading non-profit dedicated to advancing sustainability within the tourism industry, announce the launch of its “Get on the Map” campaign, a month-long initiative running from October 1 through October 31, 2024. The campaign is designed to inspire … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Europe, Maps, South America, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged adventure travel, Cartography, sustainable tourism
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It’s getting to be Edgar Allan Poe season
This is The Bells and Other Poems by American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) with illustrations by French-British illustrator Edmund Dulac (1882-1953). It was published by Hodder and Stoughton internationally circa 1912. Poe is best known for his Gothic short fiction and poetry while Dulac was … Continue reading
A people who have never experienced autumn foliage are inclined to be backward.
When you were an infant in Italy I was very disconcerted to be told that much of the Italian population had never seen the beauties of the autumn foliage in Vermont and New Hampshire. High in the Abruzzi there are … Continue reading
Posted in USA, Writing
Tagged Autumn, May Sarton, Rainer Maria Rilke, Vincent Van Gogh
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Mapping the Bans
The onslaught of reactionary right wing book bans does not seem to be abating in the U.S.. This attack on freedom of expression is just one component of the political/cultural war raging in America. The American Library Association (ALA) reports that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Maps, USA
Tagged ALA, Banned Books Week, Little Free Library
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It’s really all about mutual aid
It may seem to be a big leap from U.S. Presidential politics to a book published in 1902 by a Russian scientist and anarchist, but this week watching the electioneering I have been thinking about Peter Kropokin’s seminal work Mutual … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, USA, Writing
Tagged Anarchism, Peter Kropotkin, U.S. Politics
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Banned Book Wagon
For the second year in a row, the Banned Wagon–powered by Penguin Random House and in partnership with Unite Against Book Bans (UUAB), Little Free Library, and First Book–is visiting bookstores and libraries during Banned Books Week–and beyond–in areas in the South and Midwest where … Continue reading
Autumn is a second spring…
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.– ALBERT CAMUS Whether one calls it Autumn or Fall, the Autumn Equinox is nearly here. Americans can’t agree on much, but most love the seasonal changing of the … Continue reading
Lit Box
To celebrate 25 years of publishing and its 74th issue, the San Francisco-based magazine McSweeney’s is offering a lunchbox packed with literary treats. Instead of a PB&J sandwich and an apple, the retro-inspired box includes sets of author cards, pencils … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Art Spiegelman, McSweeney's, Periodicals, San Francisco
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