Happy International Women’s Day? Not in Morocco
I’d like to wish all of you a Happy International Women’s Day! Let’s all do what we can to #BeBoldForChange. I would really like it…
Review of Sworn Virgin by Elvira Dones
Did you know that there’s an Albanian tradition in which, if there are no male heirs, a woman can choose to become a…
The “blue town” of Chefchaouen
Usually I try to tie my posts to a topic or theme, or expand my travel observations into an essay. This post…
The pull of the road
Back in the year 2000, Genie and I took our first trip together. We were living in New York City at the time,…
Completism
Can you recommend a good book by an author whose surname begins with Q, U, X or Y? It’s a strange question,…
Review: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
The self-fulfilling prophecy is an ancient and fascinating component of literature. From Oedipus to Macbeth and beyond, characters have wrestled with disturbing or tempting…
In a desert state of mind
We’re now more than a month into our trip around Morocco, and I have lots of things I want to say about…
Living on the road
People have been asking me where I am living these days, so here’s an update. In early 2015, Genie and I started…
The Things I Care About
What do you really care about? I asked myself that question recently, and I was surprised by the results. Firstly, it seems that…