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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Palermo: Markets and Mosaics
Palermo has three outdoor markets and we managed to hit all of them. Two we found by design while foraging…
Palermo: Puppets and Piazzas
It rarely snows in Palermo but I was pleased to see the universal winter snowflakes on the windows of the…
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.…
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…
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…