Being ‘unvisitable’! When your world becomes an ‘exclusion zone’.

Being ‘unvisitable’! When your world becomes an ‘exclusion zone’. Vlodomir woke today like yesterday And felt no danger in the air, Just like Everyday, he showered in water That would as usual play his body Like an instrument emitting happy Sounds of satisfaction in the same way He was not sure would happen ever more. … More Being ‘unvisitable’! When your world becomes an ‘exclusion zone’.

Kathleen Jamie chose to visit the Alaskan Tundra and help with an archaeological dig. Would I?

What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why? I would not visit the Tundra in Alaska. I have not Jamie’s  grit or the steel-edged beauty of her imagination. But in her I can see a reflection of it. The feelings it raises are complicated. Of course, worthwhile experience always is. I … More Kathleen Jamie chose to visit the Alaskan Tundra and help with an archaeological dig. Would I?