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Tag: Travel

MacFarlane, Robert “The Old Ways (Viking 2012)

Touch is a reciprocal action, a gesture of exchange with the world. To make an impression is also to receive … More

Geography, landscape, Nature, nature writing, place, Robert MacFarlane, sense, touch, Travel

MacFarlane, Robert, “The Old Ways” (Viking 2012)

We are adept, if occasionally embarrassed, at saying what we make of places–but we are far less good at saying … More

Geography, landscape, Nature, nature writing, place, Robert MacFarlane, Travel

Naslund, Sena Jeter, “Ahab’s Wife or, The Star Gazer” (Harper Perennial 1999)

When my hands were little, and my mother was teaching me to sew, she placed her hands over mine. She … More

Moby Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund, sewing, Travel, wanderlust, women writers, women's work, writing

Calvino, Italo “Invisible Cities” (Harcourt 1972)

And Marco’s answer was: “Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much … More

Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino, journey, Travel

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