KANE COUNTY, Utah – The beauty of a place can in part lie in its desolation. On the one hand, this captures the territory we are about to embark; on the other, vibrancy exudes from every yellow field and snowy plateau. This is the kind of place that evades definition, namely because of its timeless …
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Postcard from Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, California – There’s no time like autumn to stroll through the City of Trees. From the river bank to the Capitol building, everywhere you go, you will come across magnificent trees, its leaves sprawling onto the sidewalks where on a week day state workers will traverse. Beyond the tree-lined streets, art ferments nearby. Sactown …
Postcard from Cornish
CORNISH, New Hampshire – The perfect time to go to this countryside area is in the early evening hours. The colors of the sky play a variety of notes, subtly shifting towards a magnificent sunset. Before then, the shadows cast by the forest and covered bridges hover in a peaceful essence. Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park …
Postcard from Eatonville
EATONVILLE, Florida – Temperate is not an adjective oft used to describe Central Florida. Clouds seem to permanently loom in the distance, portending liquids from the heavens. This is what I was faced with upon arriving to Eatonville. Though the journey through it was short, that made it no less sweet. The streets were quiet, …
Postcard from Key West
KEY WEST, Florida – A series of isles lead you to this nestled port hailing itself as the Southernmost point of America. Teal water shimmers just along the coastline. The character of the place seemed to hail from black-and-white movies, so it was quite a stark contrast to see it in all its color. Cuban …
Postcard from Oxford
OXFORD, England – The day is appropriately gloomy for a train ride from London to Oxford. Light conversations seem to trend towards intellectual the closer we get to Oxford. From the station, buses head towards downtown, where buildings progressively gain character. Pretty soon, we are far from warehouses and immersed completely in edifices of a …
Postcard from Gouda
GOUDA, Netherlands – The market on Thursday presents its namesake – Gouda cheese. The mood is festive as children run around the cobblestoned plaza, and sellers display fresh fruits and vegetables. Fish is served at the cafes that line along the center. Stores typically close early in Gouda, except for these weekend nights when people …
Postcard from Honolulu
HONOLULU, HAWAII – When visiting some place so engrained in our cultural mind for the first time, it leaps from the pages. But there are still surprises lurking at each corner. Onboard the boat, the captain says that the sands of Waikiki are not from Hawaii at all. Instead, they were transplanted from the States …
Postcard from St. Ives
CORNWALL, UK – At the bottommost of the United Kingdom sits an area where narrow roads wind through cornfields with cautious abandon. The winds whip the uninitiated around, the water roiling with a tempestuous nature that the English Currents do not fully describe. The clouds in the distance never cease. With almost absolute certainty, they …
Postcard from Locke
LOCKE, California – Not far from Sacramento, there’s a California National Historic Landmark. A window into Central Valley history emerges – and it is not difficult to imagine the countryside having stayed as it was on this day – cattle by the side of the road, grazing to the backdrop of clear, blue skies – …
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