Living in Paradise
New Year’s Day in Curacao. A lot of smoke and mirrors. Sometimes just smoke (photo by me). With my relocation to the Caribbean two years ago, it’s been difficult explaining […]
Category Archives: Travel
Family doctors, Maine, environmental pollutants, acronyms, healthcare, and John McPhee
New essay/book review on Bookslut today. Nobody is immune to healthcare woes or the lure of Maine…a brief excerpt below: It’s no secret that the state of health care in […]
The Grass is Always Greener. New review on “Locus Pocus”
My review of Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book Jerusalem: The Biography is now published on Bookslut.com If you are interested in additional resources or have questions about the region, please send me […]
Obsessed with Oya
Naturally, I came home from Istanbul with spices, kilims, and a craving for pomegranate juice, however, my Pièce de résistance was what I saw women in Istanbul wearing: headscarves with […]
Seeing and Being Seen
The only noise on this day was the sound of the ice clinking in my gin & tonic Lately, I am trying to rectify the pop-popping of fireworks every morning […]
Rapid Review: Palestine by Joe Sacco
Joe Sacco takes us through the Occupied Palestinian Territories during the first intifada against Israel in his comic documentary penned during that same time. From the Green Line and back, […]
Lingua Franca
When one moves to another country, it takes awhile to learn the ins and outs, the myths and truths, and the language and lore of the land. While I’m no […]
The Everyday Act of Killing Coral Reefs
Good for you; bad for coral reefs.
Out of gas
Curaçao is out of gas and so am I.
