July by the Numbers

I’m not sure why anyone besides me would be interested in reading about my blog statistics, but these “Numbers” posts seem to get read as much...

How to get to Eistnaflug

Eistnaflug is a remote and mysterious ritual, underground even among the denizens of its home country and virtually unheard of outside of Iceland. More famous...

Book Report: Names for the Sea

People read travel stories about places they have never been in order to vicariously experience a trip they could never take themselves. Or they read...

Tour of the Artist’s Home

One recent morning as I was second-guessing a paragraph for an article I was about to turn in, I stepped into the shower, and my...