Chaco: Lining Up for the Solstice
“Everything starts with Chaco,” writes archeologist Steve Lekson. Chaco: built in the northwestern corner of New Mexico between 850-1150 AD—the most advanced civilization in North
“Everything starts with Chaco,” writes archeologist Steve Lekson. Chaco: built in the northwestern corner of New Mexico between 850-1150 AD—the most advanced civilization in North
Stykkishólmur, Stokkseyri, Stöðvarfjörður, all names of Icelandic places starting with “St.” Like an English adjective applicable to me. Planning our trip to Iceland, I stupidly screwed
One Saturday morning a few weeks ago we awoke to an email from our granddaughter Clare. She’d been working at a café on Granville Island
Sometimes procrastination pays off. For months we’ve talked about writing a story on the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. In October, the journal Nature published proof
It wasn’t for lack of trying that we saw few puffins in Elliston, Newfoundland, one of the most accessible places on land in North America
“To know the character of a community, I need only visit its cemeteries.” (Benjamin Franklin) Judging by the thousands of prehistoric burial chambers (some with porches)
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