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Category Archives: USA
Fifty Years of Travel Tips
You’ve probably run across the popular annual compendiums of long time blogger Kevin Kelly. His year-end posts seem to get widespread coverage which reflects both his sage wisdom and a bit of clever promotion. Kelly is also a serious traveler … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Public Transport, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged blogging, Slow Travel
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I will make rhapsodies from grains of sleep.
Dorothea Tanning, the Surrealist artist and writer, who made it from the small town of Galesburg, Illinois, to the center of New York’s avant-garde art world, lived until she was 101, but she never got the major museum survey she … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, Surrealism
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Black History
The Black History Month Map is a new collaborative and dynamic map developed by kinkofa and PamPam to honor and document the significant places, individuals, and movements that have shaped Black history. To help you explore the invaluable contributions of Black Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Freedom of Speech, History, Maps, USA
Tagged Black History Month, Cartography
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et cetera
It was W.H. Auden who said: ‘there are good books which are only for adults, because their comprehension presupposes adult experiences, but there are no good books which are only for children.’ The great discipline of children’s fiction is that it has … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Freedom of Speech, History, Restaurants, USA, Writing
Tagged e e cummings, George Orwell, Toni Morrison, Ursala K. Le Guin, W.H. Auden
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Your AI Travel Guide
I am still dubious when it comes to AI travel tools. I’ve tried out some AI trip planning with disappointing results. But how about navigating tourist sites with your very own AI travel guide, ready to reveal the stories behind … Continue reading
The You You Are
Readers who are in thrall to the genius of Severance will not want to miss the opportunity to get their own copies of The You You Are. Available for free on Apple Books, in both text and audiobook versions. The audiobook is read by … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Restaurants, USA, Writing
Tagged Apple TV, self-help books, Severance
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A Century of The New Yorker
The New Yorker is 100 years old this year and part of the celebrations include an exhibition at the NYPL that showcases “founding documents, rare manuscripts, photographs, and timeless cover and cartoon art” from the magazine. On February 22, 2025, A Century of … Continue reading
It’s a small world
I’m a huge fan of tilt-shift and timelapse videos. Some of my favs are from Little Big World. Here is a compilation of some favorite clips from previous Little Big World episodes, including Sudan, Hallstatt, Ore Mountains, Melbourne, Doha, Dubai, Kyiv, Chernobyl, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Film, Photography, Public Transport, USA, Writing
Tagged Alaska, Kyiv, Norway, Tilt-shift photography, Timelapse
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We’re dancing animals
It’s just Kurt Vonnegut talking to his wife about going out to get an envelope (we’re here on earth to fart around):
Angriest Dog in the World
Filmmaker David Lynch sadly passed away last week. I was today years old when I discovered that he had created a newspaper comic strip called ‘The Angriest Dog in the World’.
Travel Between The Pages 