It was a pretty white crowd in Palm Springs, which I alluded to in my last post, but as I got to the far end of the main city area I started to see a lot of black families walking up the street, so I kept going up the street as well. I soon encountered… Read More America’s black history and Australia’s black present
…these are three of the things I’ve been thinking about lately. Lately I seem to be to be learning even more about the places I travelled to last year by just being here in Sydney. During a cigarette break last week, I had an in-depth and funny two hour conversation with a visiting Parisian (he actively… Read More France, multiculturalism, and the radio…
I have so much to catch up on here — visitors in Chiang Mai, whitewater rafting, various trips overseas — and I’ll get to those in upcoming posts. Today I wanted to start off by sharing some great news I received by email yesterday: “I’m writing with an update about Creative Nonfiction’s upcoming “Food” issue… Read More Going in the right direction
The Travels of Elephant Woman 