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Losing Marla: Eight Years Later
Eight years ago today, the world lost a humane and human voice for those who often have none — the civilian victims of conflicts. Marla Ruzicka, my friend, was killed in a car bomb …
The Road Goes Ever On and On
I spent almost a month in New Zealand and realized, gosh, I hadn’t written much at all about this wonderful, magical place. Well, now that I’m back on dry land in Colombia, …
Media appearances I
Hi, all. I gave a talk yesterday at the University of Otago on journalism and the war on terror. The Otago Daily Times was kind enough to send a reporter to the seminar. …
A Landscape of Sensual and Terrible Beauty
EUCLA, Western Australia — I realize that in all of this, I haven’t really given my impressions of Australia, particularly its wild and woolly western half. In short, it’s tremendous and awesome. I’ve …
“Road Trip”: Australian for “Bloody Big Country”
ESPERANCE, Western Australia — Since my last post, I’ve moved on from Perth. What to say about Perth? I’ll let a great writer take up the intro: “Now it is a strange thing, but things …
Reaching the Ends of the Earth at the End of the World
Hello all! Long time, eh? Well, sorry about that. I was at sea when the world supposedly ended. Perth is the most isolated big city in the world. To the west, the …
The Waugh of Travel
It’s time again, dear friends, to review travel wisdom from writers for the ages. This time, it’s from Evelyn Waugh, widely considered one of the best travel writers of his generation.
‘It is far easier to travel than to write about it’
As to those literary qualifications which are acquired by habits of writing, and which are so important to an author, my African life has not been favorable to the growth …
Sleep, interrupted
I don’t know what the problem is, but I’ve been bedeviled by horrible and vivid dreams for the last month. It’s like my REM cycle is being short-circuited and it’s …
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