Love on the Road: An Anthology of Love and (Wander)Lust
By Amanda Festa “My message will make sense to those who are willing to listen…who appreciate contradiction, nuance, and who recognize that in life there…
Tag: travel literature
Taking Your Soul for a Stroll
A hundred miles on the Camino de Santiago Destination Spain – from Leon to Santiago de Compostela Dates October 15 – 26, 2012 (11…
Freya Stark’s Afghanistan
By Katherine Gypson “This is a great moment, when you see, however distant, the goal of your wandering. The thing which has been living in…
Ode to England Inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro
by Zoe Smith “Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I…
Ponies & Tranquility, Jane Austen’s New Forest
by Janet Halliday Trees in thick green leaf fuzz the banks of the Beaulieu River. The foliage wall is pierced occasionally by inviting, narrow inlets…
Jane Austen, A Beloved Friend in Chawton
by Helen Palmer It took a life-threatening illness and months of enforced convalescence to finally arrive at the home of a much loved friend. I…
Of Dreams and Dolls: American Girls and the Spirit of Exploration
by Katy Kelleher The first American Girl Dolls were released in 1986 by Pleasant Company, which had yet to be acquired by mega-manufacturer Mattel. I…
Apocalypse Now, A Film History & the Sacrificial Water Buffalo
by Simon Glassock Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is one of the most famous of all Hollywood films. It is a transposition of Joseph Conrad’s…
Colin McPhee’s Musical Life in Bali
by Kerry Lee In 1929, the expats were sitting at the outdoor cafes along the Montparnasse, quaffing espresso by day and absinth by night. I…
A Brazilian Afternoon in Vinicius’ Itapua
by Eleanor Stanford Someone has removed Vinicius’ spectacles. He sits in the praca (the plaza), staring blindly out at the ocean, perhaps pondering a poem…