Victoria and Goliad, Texas in the Eye of Hurricane Harvey
Goliad and Victoria, Texas are just about where the eye of Hurricane Harvey is hitting. Just over two years ago I took a trip down to the city of Victoria…
Read moreReading and Pondering: Food for Crossing the Gobi Desert in the 1920s
What did travelers in the Gobi Desert eat on days when they had a thirty-mile trek from one oasis to the next? Four bowls of undercooked noodles with crushed garlic…
Read moreThe Red Brick Fish of Dublin
Pull up images of Dublin and you are apt to see the elegant white Georgian squares and government buildings. Very lovely they are too. It’s something of a relief, though,…
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