… incredible I was in a debate today in which the person I was speaking with said – with conviction – that she believes the goal of government policy in Canada was and is the complete eradication of native people. I asked if she considered...
from a card in my hotel room at the Holiday Inn, Sioux Falls, South Dakota T o our guests – in ancient times there was a prayer for The stranger within our gates: “Because this hotel is a human institution to serve people, and not solely a money making...
The Wadi Rum desert in Jordan – a good place to talk with a 10-year-old about life, dreams, dragons and why our guide had two wives while I only had one.
from the preface to Bedouin, nomads of the desert Despite global news channels and satellite television, our true knowledge of the world, its peoples and cultures is shrinking. Improved communications are not creating a greater understanding among the world’s people,...
notes and ideas N omads are the restless people – those who roam, push horizons and seek what is just a bit farther. They are not only the ancient and modern peoples who live nomadic lives but also the new nomads – those who are not geographically rooted; those...
