The woods around my home in Arctic Norway were few and far between, mostly small birches barely taller than your average adult. Here in Åland, I met with real woods: tall bone-white birches, spruce, thick pines, bushy walnut groves. This vibrant life was everywhere, and all the while I was searching for graves.
Living
Green Woods and Stone Ships: The Second Skåne Pilgrimage
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Exhausted, sweaty, and painfully hungry, I take my back into the gravel road of what must be Sōdra Ugglarp. On the horizon a long earthen-colored brick building stands against the deep blue sky, like a wall. In front of it, I notice a concrete-pit filled with horse manure. Closest to me, nearly as long as the barn, lies the stone ship, shaped by dozens of massive standing stones, like teeth of a giant rising from the green earth.
Asia
Gratitude to My Father from the Road in India
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Although my trip companions think that the driving in Delhi, Dharamsala, and Agra is horrible, and that I’m crazy for even considering driving here, my heart salivates over the opportunity. I think of you and wonder whether you’d be up to renting scooters in Dharamsala or Delhi and taking a turn or two.
Living
A Dispatch from the Totality
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Sköll had caught Sunna; Fvni Lusa had begun his meal; Apep’s gaze had overwhelmed mighty Ra. In town, the church bells tolled, sounding that it was two o’clock or the end of the world. My father complained that he couldn’t see the corona through his eclipse glasses, and I told him they weren’t useful anymore.
News
A local’s guide to the Edinburgh Beltane Fire Festival
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Making plans to visit the largest Beltane festival in Europe this year? Siobhan Ball has you covered for the best places to eat and stay while visiting Edinburgh, as well as tips on making the most of your time in the UK’s most haunted city.
Living
El Niño que Vivió (a pesar de “Ella”)
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Quería hacer lo correcto y no apoyar a alguien como ella, alguien que no me agrada y con quien ya no me identifico. Y al mismo tiempo, mi niño interior quería divertirse.
¿Qué era lo correcto?