Travelling in the body, but not the mind
Remember when you used to go on holiday and completely lose track of what was happening back home? In the days before the internet…
Alternative lives on different tracks
If you live in the U.S., you’ll find my article on living a nomadic life in today’s Wall Street Journal. Or everyone…
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…
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, and we…
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…
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…