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Travel Books - Robert Louis Stevenson, Donkey Drover

Stevenson is best remembered as a novelist—as the author of Treasure Island or The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. But it was...

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Banjo Friday 1

Here's a catchy tune that I am trying to learn, Wabash Blues. I think a lot of clawhammer players hear this tune and immediately want to...

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Travel Books - Dervla Murphy's Bicycle Odyssey

I was speaking with an old friend recently, and he told me of his plan to ride the full length of Africa—from Cairo to Cape Town—on his...

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Travel Books - Delisle's Jerusalem

I am a big fan of the work of Guy Delisle. Delisle is a graphic artist from Quebec, and he has written four travel memoirs in comic book...

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Travel Books - Basho's Narrow Road

I love reading travel books–a vague category, I know, and one that some writers hate. They feel it demeans their work to be classified...

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My Grandfather's Banjo

When my grandmother passed away, and her children gathered to clear out the family home in preparation for its sale, they found a fiddle,...

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Travel Books - A Moveable Feast

I first read A Moveable Feast in Grade 13 English class. We had one period each week where we were required to do self-directed reading....

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Literary Hikes

Serious walkers, like mountain climbers or fly fishermen, tend to be writers. Perhaps this is because walking lends itself to thinking,...

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Welcome and Disclaimer

I will be upfront and admit I am a bit of a Luddite. I refuse to buy a cell phone and I don't follow social media. I think life is...