Monthly Archives: August 2018

19 08, 2018

Remote

By |2020-03-28T21:32:10-04:00August 19th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Perpectives|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Paamiut, Greenland Remote? What’s That? Last week I was in Paamiut, and Qaqortoq, two villages in Greenland, the biggest island in the world with a total population as meager as 56,000. The inhabitants are confined to dots of settlements around the coast, leaving inland blanketed with glaciers – just space and more space [...]

13 08, 2018

Flateyri and the Magic Bookstore

By |2020-03-28T21:30:58-04:00August 13th, 2018|Categories: Blog, Writing is how we explore our place in the world|1 Comment

When I peeled myself away from the beautiful fjords in Flateyri in northern Iceland, I discovered a slice of magic on main street: a bookstore established in 1914, owned and run by one family for its entire existence. It was an unexpected step back in time and an invitation to reflect. ...

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