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It's not safe to travel. The latest COVID-19 variant is raging through the United States. As I write this, omicron accounts for 90 percent of New York's new infections. Most projections suggest the number…
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My first apartment in Paris the day I left it after 10 years. All packed and ready to move… For those of you who’ve been following along, we’ve been on the lookout for a new apartment… David Lebovitz Newsletter…
Travel confidence plummets as omicron surges
Traveler confidence has dropped to its lowest level since last August, which was the peak of the delta surge, according to a new study by Travel Again. “Confidence that we will move to a post-COVID life…
Iron Moon: The poetry of China's Migrant Workers
Hola Global Jigsawers, I am back in Madrid and at work, bringing you fresh writing that hopefully makes you think anew. Today’s post is about China’s migrant worker poets. Please read and share. Share *****…
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Eating our way through the Kerala Backwaters
At summer camp Colorado, one of my counselors regaled us impressionable 16-year-olds—absolutely in awe of her impossible coolness in her elephant pants and carefree yoga instructor vibes—of her solo travels…
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Michael Jackson: Patent Titled “Method and Means for creating anti-gravity illusion”. In 1988 video for ‘Smooth Criminal’, King of Pop leans forward at close to a 45-degree angle, creating the illusion…
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There has been recently, a reconsideration of psychedelics as beneficent rather than fearful: From Michael Pollen in conversation with Kara Swisher: “Well, I’ve always been interested in the fact that…
Finding Your Uniform
I’m fascinated by the uniforms we choose for ourselves. I’ve written about this before—it’s an ongoing theme—and Michael and I talk about uniforms on the podcast quite a bit. Ideally, the personal uniform…
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Twenty seven years after first reading it in a textbook, I can still easily recall a phrase a Harvard professor used to describe Thomas Jefferson. It was a phrase which I borrowed each time I would teach…
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