travel

Travel by Tea Towel

Doesn't look like any of us are going to be traveling any time soon so I'm glad to have the…

5 years ago

Sarah Parker Remond and the Cotton Workers of Lancashire

In a time of political darkness - when the ugly power of racism rears up - it is good to…

6 years ago

The Romance of Gregory Corso: Cypress, Marble, Moon!

 “I hate poetry and all its fucking ambitious son-of-a-bitches who call me a showman because I act myself”. Gregory Corso  letter…

6 years ago

Traveler, there is no road

Traveler, there is no road Caminante, no hay camino Traveler, your footprints are the only road, nothing else. Traveler, there…

8 years ago

Siracusa: “My sins are all mortal.”

Caravaggio is one of the bad boys in the history of art with a biography so outlandish it reads like…

8 years ago

Palermo: No Surface Left Unadorned

The Palatine Chapel is one of those must-see places if ever you have the chance.  It was commissioned by the…

8 years ago

Palermo: The Art of Learning

The Gallery of Modern Art is located inside the restored 15th century convent of Sant'Anna and has many works of…

8 years ago

Palermo: Markets and Mosaics

Palermo has three outdoor markets and we managed to hit all of them. Two we found by design while foraging…

8 years ago

Palermo: Puppets and Piazzas

It rarely snows in Palermo but I was pleased to see the universal winter snowflakes on the windows of the…

8 years ago

Palermo 2016 into 2017

On the back-end of bronchitis I've been hacking, wheezing and coughing my way through Palermo with the long-suffering travel mate.…

8 years ago

The Extra Mile

The Art History class took off for Italy last week. It's well over 4,000 miles from Poughkeepsie to Zurich and…

15 years ago

And speaking of adventure ….

This just in from Costa Rica:Perla  and Jimena are with a Spanish immersion trip.They seem to be having an amazing…

15 years ago