Category: encounters
Kerry Dexter
October 23, 2023
Australia & NZ travel, City or urban travel, encounters, Europe travel, History, Kerry projects, Travel, travel stories, US travel, world music
As autumn begins to turn to winter, as days grow shorter and nights become longer in the northern hemisphere. it is the time of Halloween, of Samhain, a time …
Kerry Dexter
June 26, 2023
Art and Art Museums, City or urban travel, encounters, family, food & drink, History, Kerry projects, Travel, US travel, world music
Every year in late June and early July, the National Mall in Washington DC fills with more than the usual mix of tourists out sightseeing and residents taking breaks …
Summer reading. You may toss a book or two in your carry on, download something to your devices, or use books to travel by imagination while you stay in …
The overground railroad? What is that? Recall a bit of history to begin the journey to understand. In slavery times in the United States, there was the underground railroad. …
Shetland 550. What is it? A new breed of the famous sheepdog? No. A scenic driving route like the North Coast 500 ? No, not that. A new blend …
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh was looking out the window of her father’s house in Dun Chaoin in the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry in the west of Ireland. “We get …
Kerry Dexter
December 27, 2021
Africa travel, City or urban travel, encounters, Europe travel, History, Kerry projects, Literary Travel, Travel, travel books, US travel
This time of year and with current travel situation, it could be time to add to your travel bookshelf. Of course, travel through imagination and reading are always good …
The Ring of Brodgar: it all began, so the story goes,(one of them, anyway, there are several) with a fiddle player. The Ring of Brodgar is on Mainland, the …
Climate emergency, climate change: whichever you call it, there’s no doubt that as a traveler, you have encountered the results of shifts in climate realities. That is just as …
Part of travel is the direct experience of being present, walking streets, hiking hills, tasting food, hearing conversations, seeing the quality of light, seeing the quality of life…being present …
Music is a deep part of life and history in Ireland.. It makes sense then that a well known symbol of the country is a musical instrument: the harp. …
Kerry Dexter
November 17, 2020
encounters, Africa travel, Asia travel, green travel, History, Kerry projects, Middle East travel, South American travel, Travel, travel stories
Paul Salopek began his current journey in Ethiopia. At this writing, travel changes and border closings find him paused in Myanmar. It has taken him seven years to get …