The Ninth Wonder of the World
It’s been said that the thousands of kilometers of dry stone walls found in the United Kingdom and Ireland might be considered the Eighth Wonder… Read More »The Ninth Wonder of the World
August 2019
Rocks, rocks, rocks… Trees, trees, trees…
We met a woman who had been in the Broughtons for several months and was ready to go home. “After a while”, she said, “it’s… Read More »Rocks, rocks, rocks… Trees, trees, trees…
The Floating World
During Japan’s Edo period the phrase “the floating world” evoked an imagined universe of wit, stylishness, and extravagance—with overtones of naughtiness, hedonism, and transgression. But… Read More »The Floating World
Welcome!
The Islands are full of unexpected, sometimes amusing, things. In the Octopus Islands, someone once left a bit of driftwood in an old shack to… Read More »Welcome!