The Lost Chance
By Michael Latta It’s 1957. I’m in my next to last year at the LA Art Center College. Broke. Then an uncle died, leaving me $10,000. What would you have…
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Jaclyn Tilks
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Kyoto: Where the Cuckoo Calls
By Suzanne Kamata “even in Kyoto I long for Kyoto— cuckoo!” –Matsuo Basho (1644-94)* My story begins at Kyoto Station, where I alight after a three-hour bus ride. It is…
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Don’t Be Afraid: A poem becomes a treasure map in Ireland
By Leslie Waugh Ireland had long been on my list of places to visit, and after a fantastic two weeks in Iceland in July this year, my husband and I…
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Seeking Slowness
By Benjamin Jackson In 1996, time became frenetic, out-of-control, frightening. The world was balancing on a fulcrum between old and new—notepads giving way to networks, mail to modems, pensions to…
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A Moment of Glory in Communist Poland
By Michelle Lawson It was 1971 in a nightclub somewhere near Gdynia in Poland. Men held me close as we danced to Je t’aime, an infamous chart-topper banned from British…
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Bookish Beaufort
By Suzanne Kamata The first cannonball shot of the American Civil War may have been fired from Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, but the war had its beginnings in…
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Literary Traveler’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
By Jaclyn Tilks If you’re just beginning your holiday shopping or simply need a few extra items to finish off the list, check out this year’s gift ideas for the…
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Katahdin: “The Great Mountain” and Six Witty Wanderers
By Kim Adler “Man is born to die, his works are short-lived. Buildings crumble, monuments decay, wealth vanishes. But Katahdin in all its glory, forever shall remain the mountain of…
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Chasing the Northern Lights: Driving Iceland’s Ring Road (with Gísli the Outlaw)
by Laima Vince Having reached an age where I am no longer needed by anyone, I am free to take to the open road. I am a driver with grit,…
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I have seen Sakhalin
By Judy Dercksen Chekhov’s travels as a young doctor led him to Sakhalin. His description should have put me off any idea of visiting the Russian island: “I have seen…
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