The Road to Essaouira
In the town of Smimou, packs of stray dogs roamed the streets, avoiding blue taxis and donkeys hauling carts full of watermelons. The...
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Place of Echoes
The word Tinouainane means "The Place of Echoes." This remote village, perched between the Anti-Atlas Mountains and the alluvial Sous...
Different Kinds of Cowboys
This autumn has been filled with cowboys and cowgirls of different sorts. Going from the overpowering noise of a NASCAR road course to a...
Books I Read on Planes - 2018
I take great care when choosing what book to bring on a trip. Oftentimes, the memory of the book becomes inseparable from the experience...
The Jewels of Sedona
While standing in the hotel lobby waiting for our hosts to arrive, I saw pamphlets advertising the vortexes in Sedona, Arizona. Ads for...
Cormac McCarthy in Old Town
The closest I ever got to the person who inspired me to write was in a mysterious antique shop in Old Town, Albuquerque. It was still...
The Grandmother of Marrakech
Taroudant is two cities: the new city beyond the wall, and the old city within. The tall, hole-studded rampart winds around the old...
Truth or Consequences
Riding into Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, was like landing on another planet. T or C is about two hours south of Albuquerque, beyond...
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