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New Zealand Dispatch: North Island Edition
I’m one island in on my two island journey through New Zealand. Yesterday morning I boarded the ferry in Wellington and made my way to Nelson via Picton. New Zealand is beautiful. Every turn you make on the road yields … Continue reading
One Month and Then New Zealand
A few months ago I found a cheap flight to New Zealand and booked it. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time (thanks, Lord of the Rings and the Amazing Race), and it’s something that has given … Continue reading
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Have TARDIS, Will Travel
It’s a strange thing, traveling through the land that has informed so much of your imagination. The castles and keeps, the unending hills, the barrows (the barrows!), the city streets that wend and wind and turn in on themselves: it … Continue reading
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Mind the Gap
It’s a strange thing, going “there and back again.” Travel can be a kind of parenthetical experience, one that should bring many new experiences but ought not (some might say) create any real change. A kind of existential gap can … Continue reading
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The Space Between
Been in England a few days now. We started in Manchester, travelled the Lake District, visited Haworth, and settled in for a bit in Leeds. And while the locations have been amazing (Haworth is as close as I’ll get to … Continue reading
Airplane Safety Should Be Hobbit-Forming
UNTIL THE HOBBIT PREMIERES NEXT MONTH, here’s a nice little video from Air New Zealand. They seem to have a lock on Middle Earth travel and have made a surprisingly good airplane safety video. Even has a couple of nice … Continue reading
Arthur Dent and the Frustrations of Long-Distance Travel
JUST BEFORE HE LOST HOME AND PLANET, Arthur Dent threw back six quick pints at the neighborhood bar on order from his (alien) friend, Ford. Why? To prep for the effects of on instantaneous travel. Dent learned that traveling far … Continue reading
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Travel and Rich Mullins’ America
THERE WAS A MOMENT, a few months ago driving somewhere between Portland, Oregon and the coast at Haystack, when Rich Mullins was playing and the fields were green and the sky was a battle of blue and white and I … Continue reading
The New Trailer for The Hobbit
DON’T HEAD OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR without catching the new trailer for The Hobbit. The folks over at The Beat posted it this morning. Here it is below. I think the tone is spot on: tense but not as dark … Continue reading
Maui Visit
I’VE SPENT the last two nights on the island of Maui. It’s my third time to the island, my second with our school’s seniors. Traveling with students and peers is always interesting for me. I never quite know how to … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 