The bolt struck so close to the car that I lurched across the highway, nearly running off the road. The hair along my arms prickled and my hands were shaking as I swerved back...
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Covidding Through the Day
Yes, I am officially turning COVID into a verb. But you spell it in lower case. As in, when someone asks, “How are you doing?” from 10 feet away — You respond, “Oh, I’m...
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Achieving the 1-8 is Hard Work!
Marius here. In case you humans didn’t know it, cats have a goal, a daily goal. And that is to achieve the perfect 18 hours of sleep. Achieving the 1-8 is never an easy...
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It’s Dark Times, Harry. Dark Times.
Increasingly it feels that we are living in a film, or a bad dream from which we cannot escape. This isn’t the reality I know, anyway. I think all of us feel a little...
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On Being an Armchair Traveler
As the entire world grapples with covid-19, and people’s lives are at best completely up-ended, and at worst in imminent danger, I know the greatest impact I can make is to emulate the giant...
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Paris Regret: An Expat’s Dream of Paris
As I watched Notre Dame burn, I found myself thinking, “Damn it, I was wrong. It won’t be there forever. Nothing will.” And, suddenly, our decision to live in another country, to seize the moment,...
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Vienna Waits For You
If the goal of travel and vacation is to get away from our everyday lives for a while, eat good food, see new things, and relax, then Vienna may be the unsung hero of...
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Nadir in Far West Texas
Time travel, tequila, and wide open spaces. My journey into Big Bend....
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I’ll Always Return to Prague
Writer Glenn Kaufmann explains why Prague continues to draw him -- one of those cities that he'll never tire of visiting....
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