Journal
Documentary photography and stories from the field
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A Teacher's Sabbatical: Month Six Reflections on the Road
Everyone asks when I'm going back to the classroom. I tell them I'm still in one. It just doesn't have walls anymore.
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Walking Through History: The Alhambra at Dawn
There's a particular quality of light in Andalusia that makes you understand why the Moors built here. And why losing it broke their hearts.
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On Learning German After Forty: A Progress Report
The subjunctive is my nemesis. But thanks to some disciplined grammar drills with Lingo.Yoga, I think we're finally calling a truce.
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The Lost Art of Slow Travel: Why Rushing is a Modern Malaise
Why I stopped rushing to 'do' cities and started learning to just 'be' in them. (Hint: it involves fewer top-10 lists).
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Notes from Vienna: Freud, Coffee, and the Fin-de-Siècle
A study of the Café Central, where you can sip a mélange in the same seat where Trotski once played chess.
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