SOME TRIPS WERE MY GIRLFRIEND’S IDEA, others were mine. This one was all mine. Colombia offered everything from beaches to mountains to rainforest. I made a list of things to do, including of course a visit to the Amazon. Never enthusiastic about tropical heat or bugs, especially bugs, my girlfriend acquiesced to the trip rather than…
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The Boojum Tree
I’m pleased to announce the release of my fifth publication. From its humble beginnings on this blog a few months ago to a fleshed-out book today, The Boojum Tree explores the seasonal life of employees in our national parks at a time when they are under assault by corporate America. Travelogue, parable, and finally, a cautionary tale, The Boojum…
Haiti: The Girl Next Door
MY GIRLFRIEND AND I flew to the Dominican Republic in the spring for a short vacation before starting our summer jobs. Almost as soon as we landed, however, Haiti began to beckon us. It was not the kind of siren song one hears from places like Thailand with its romantic beaches or France with its…
La Ramie
“STARVING AFRICANS!” I looked over my shoulder to see a young man in a scarf holding aloft a styrofoam cup. Our eyes met. “…and orphans!” he added emphatically. Behind him was a table with a couple of large thermos containers. A banner was flapping in the cold wind but I was pedaling too fast to…
La Baja
THE NEWS FROM MEXICO was rife with stories of beheadings as the drug war produced narcotraffickers as merciless as Aztec priests. None of this escaped the notice of my friends, who made sure to log their disapproval of my trip in advance in order to tut-tut with impunity over my headless corpse later. My girlfriend…
James Perry 