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In this issue’s Globetrotting column, Face Your Fears: Planning Your Dream Bike Tour: If you can’t point to one specific fear, you just might be afraid of everything, like I was. This is more appropriately referred to as “fear of the unknown.” It’s when our mind won’t let us move forward until we …
Several minutes pass and no one seems to notice our presence at the Albania-Greece border. We root through our bags looking for food to kill time, but it doesn’t take long to realize we’re out of provisions. More time ticks by, eating into the late-afternoon daylight that’s essential to finding a spot to pitch our …
I went behind the scenes to see how a lead actor works with an occupational therapist to ensure disability is portrayed accurately in a Hollywood film. Little Accidents, starring Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook, Josh Lucas, Jacob Lofland and Chloe Sevigny, explores the aftermath of a coal mining accident in a small Appalachian town. On Friday, January …
A tranquil first sight after crossing the border from Macedonia. Justin in the slipstream. Two of the roughly 700,000 bunkers built in Albania during its communist rule from 1945-1990. Patiently waiting for a bite. A roadside stand takes on an autumn theme with colorful squash offerings. Nearly all houses use their surrounding land for cultivation. Here, onions have been recently harvested …
An article in Teton Gravity Research features photographs I took in and around this little place we call home. With the help of a Philly-based architect who specialized in LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) building, the couple built a 1,200 square foot home with one main open floor with an upstairs loft, along with …
Currency: Macedonian denar (1 US dollar equaled roughly 50 denars.) Language: Macedonian Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy and Muslim We came across a lot of dogs—of the pet, sheep and wild variety. We also came across a lot of trash. At times, signs were hard to decipher. We frequented many bakeries, as their treats were inexpensive and …
We laugh all night long with these two in our gas station dormitory, and when we realize the filthy comforters, which reek of cigarettes, offer no sheets beneath them, Justin and I reach for our sleeping bag liners–and Venetia (in pink) offers us lip gloss. “When in doubt, apply lip gloss!” she tells us.
In this issue’s Globetrotting column, How Can You Afford It?: It’s my belief that life doesn’t have to only consist of the familiar routine we frequently find ourselves living, unless we want it to. I believe we have the ability to figure out what it is we want in life and more or less create …
A peek at where we spent our short stay in Macedonia. *** A dry room in Gostivar after a long, wet day of pedaling. *** A shared room above a gas station in Debar with fellow bike touring friends. ***
“WELCOME TO MACEDONIA!” booms a young man with outstretched arms. He’s flanked by his friends and they snicker when they hear his loud, playful introduction and see our comical-looking touring bikes roll across the border from Kosovo. We wave and pedal further into the slightly-larger-than-Vermont country, stopping a bit down the road for pizza and …