American ski instruction, despite being located in “the land of the free and the home of the brave”, has a reputation for being slow, cautious, safety-oriented, and rule-obsessed, a reputation it deserves in contrast with places like Scandinavia or the Alps, the latter of which … Continue readingWhite Paradise
Light pollution is a well-recognized problem, severing human beings who live in urban areas (alas, the vast majority of us these days) from our primordial right to look up into the sky and gaze in wonder at endless twinkling points of light when the sun … Continue readingTake Back the Night?
It’s funny how wiki-walking can lead you off on tangents you would never have even considered. Over the course of revising my alternate timeline, I considered it more interesting to keep the Austro-Hungarian Empire intact during the 20th century, all the better to draw fragmented … Continue readingFree Hålogaland?
Riksgränsen was my first time skiing…anywhere. Ever. The very fact it’s located north of the arctic circle and I was skiing under the midnight sun made it hardcore, but until I looked back on it I had no idea how hardcore the whole experience actually … Continue readingThe New Me: Tan, Blonde, and on the Slopes?