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Ever wonder if how the way your culture approaches death is the best way to approach death? Ever wonder about it all? From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty discusses the methods and traditions regarding death in cultures around the world. She gives brilliant descriptions of rituals and traditions from the people of Tana Toraja, …
Sometimes I like to pretend NYC is an old city. I mean, come on, people started living here IN THE 1600s!! Yeah, I know, Europeans have bread older than that. And Switzerland is no exception. We got up close and personal with Switzerland’s oldest city, Chur, for 24 hours on our trip throughout the country. …
Picturesque does not even begin to describe the scene in Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. We agonized over where to have our homebase for a week in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Lauterbrunnen turned out to be a gem of a location. With glorious mountain and waterfall views, easy access to trains, lots of restaurants, and a …
Exploring the Hudson Valley by Metro-North is one of the greatest discoveries I’ve made while living in NYC. It can get so concrete around here, if you know what I mean. Life is elevators and subways and street noise. When you get on the Metro-North, you start to see the city fall away to rolling …
When you visit Utah, the desert reminds you just how beautiful the US can be. Utah has natural arches. It has amazing hoodoos in Goblin Valley and Bryce Canyon. And it’s home to some gorgeous, secluded slot canyons with multi-colored, multi-layered sand walls. Exploring the slot canyons was one of our favorite things to do …
by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Blueberry. Raspberry. Sea foam. Blood. This Is How You Lose the Time War is a new SF novella. It’s a love story told through a series of love letters threaded between a war that’s been raging for God knows how long. Red and Blue are adversaries who just happen …
Neal and I hiked over 100km while we were in Switzerland! We did several hikes in Zermatt and the Lauterbrunnen area. I think, of all the hikes, our favorite was the Northface Trail. It had stunning backdrops, interesting varied trail and it took you from one village to another. This trail is an absolute MUST …
by M. R. Carey The Girl With All The Gifts is about how humans and zombies alike navigate the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse and the ever-dwindling non-infected population. It takes place years after the first spores of the zombie fungus spread. The non-infected observe that not everyone that is infected reacts the same way …
Switzerland. Austria. Germany. Three countries along one fun, interesting bike ride. For my birthday this year, I knew we were going to be in Switzerland. Neal and I were trying to think what would be a great way to spend it. The first thing that came to mind was SPA. All day spa, baby. But …
