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I posed a contest to my students to write the best travel-blog-post about a travel destination in Ukraine.
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September 20th. Some Words about the Appalachian Trail. Through-Hikers (they) and Trail Crews (we) call it the AT. – To those who participate in it, the Appalachian Trail takes on a certain mythological vestment. Its champions complete over 2,100 miles of walking, usually in the summer. They move constantly. Even during sleep when their minds and their dreams plan the next days progress – where to get water, where to …
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August 26th Laurence Birdsey is the director of BECA. He runs the show stateside and makes everything in Honduras possible. He’s also really nice, and let Sam and I stay in his apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (sleeping in his bed mostly) for an entire week. Whenever Sam and I would leave the house, Laurence’s parting words would be along the lines of “Don’t do anything nutty.” …
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August 26th Goodbye Lake Champlain, My bathing suit is still wet with you; drying on the backseat of the car. Our summer week together was lovely. I swam in you each morning and several times throughout the day. You were always there, sometimes tranquil, sometimes grumpy. You never said no. You couldn’t speak. Occasionally, when I visited, there were others. Young children and adults, jumping into you from docks and …
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I’m thinking about pie. Rhubarb, and the cribbage board my Grandfather made to carry during WWII It is in my back pack He is in the rehab center with a sharp mind and a slow body I made a rhubarb pie to take to him with rhubarb picked from his garden and his crust recipe for him to eat and share as he had done so many times during my …
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Witness is a simple project to share well-written stories with friends, no strings attached. Half travelogue and half blog, the stories are brief introspections on life experience in places we’ve all dreamed of. It is designed, developed and continuously maintained by your friend Dominic. ...
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"I felt an extreme disorientation in face of my inability to find some thriving, glass and metal tower empire..."
—Sarah Cowan
Witness is a collection of experiences. It is a tool to live and learn from the journeys of others. Enjoy life.
