Obesity rates are soaring, but the good news is that toxic foods like meat and dairy may be on the way out, saving health and the planet.
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Category: Travel
Writing and Running in Storms
A sojuourn to a remote Canary village, to finish a book and continue training for a marathon, opens up disturbing vistas of human life.
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At the Birthplace of Shakespeare, an Omnipotent, Immortal Aura
The spirit, and influence, of the greatest writer ever lives on, even if some who study the Bard have been infected with the wokeism virus.
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The Best Little Shop in the World (Part III)
The good times have returned to a remote and spectacular part of Lanzarote as the pandemic finally burns out and fat foreigners arrive.
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The Best Little Shop in the World (Part II)
Getting away from it all — yet again — amid the roar of family and the festive season.
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After Covid, An American Invasion of a Greek Party Island
By William J. Furney “Are all y’all bonding over there?” the bearded, hulking figure of an African-American bellows into his phone as I walk past him in a narrow and
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The Best Little Shop in the World
Spending time in remote places brings real challenges, but they can make you all the more appreciative when you get back home.
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Lost, and Sadly Found, Amid the Cactus Fields of Macaronesia
By William J. Furney Resources are scarce on these Macaronesian islands. There is no rain, and life — plant and animal — clings on, desperately hoping for some kind of
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Dropping Out, Tuning In
By William J. Furney In a year marked by the loss of my father, whom I had lived with and helped care for during the past decade of his ill
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Is Air Travel About to Experience a Revolutionary Boom?
By William J. Furney It’s all about speed and today’s crop of jetliners just don’t measure up. So says new US aviation firm Boom Supersonic. The Denver-based company’s mission is
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