From the Back Of The Plane
I have never understood the Zen of running. No mixture of sweat, spandex, and battered joints will ever elicit any semblance of...
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Linda Cortright
- Mar 12
- 10 min
Diamonds in the Rough
The remarkable story of how a fortune in diamonds led to a sheep farm in Namibia, and eventually poverty.
Robert Burton
- Feb 18
- 15 min
The Stunning Story of Seal Wool
Historian Robert Burton reveals a forgotten chapter in natural fibers with his investigation of wool from the Antarctica fur seal.
Linda Cortright
- Feb 12
- 13 min
Penguins, Wool, and Wine
Back in November, when most folks were spewing expletives as they navigated miles of Thanksgiving traffic and other challenges that come...
Linda Cortright
- Jan 3
- 5 min
"Down" on the Farm
There is no shortage of sheep to see during my tour of Iceland, particularly during lambing season when the population swells from...
Linda Cortright
- Dec 3, 2022
- 8 min
Crossing The Arctic Circle
It’s the middle of June and I am putting on my thick wool sweater, a red Gore-tex jacket, and a pair of tall rubber boots. I have just...
Linda Cortright
- Nov 19, 2022
- 5 min
The Mighty Mekong
At one time, long . . . long . . . ago, Cambodia was the epicenter of progress. The carvings along the temple walls at Angkor Wat tell...
Linda Cortright
- Nov 5, 2022
- 7 min
My Promise to Chum Mey
Several years ago, I visited the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.; a sunken wall of polished granite bearing tribute to more than...
Linda Cortright
- Oct 20, 2022
- 9 min
Wet and Sticky, Soft and Silky
A lesson in Vietnamese lotus silk Ms. Thuan is seventy-one-years-old, a fact she is quick to share in a country that reveres its elders....
Linda Cortright
- Oct 2, 2022
- 5 min
Chicken Feet
And other delicacies in Hanoi's old city “Do you like chicken feet?” My guide asks. “I have very good place in old city. Best chicken...
Linda Cortright
- Sep 18, 2022
- 6 min
Bikaner: The Ultimate Wool Stash
My Indian driver is making a hard sell that we stop at Karni Mata Temple, commonly referred to as rat temple. “Very holy place,” he...
Linda Cortright
- Sep 4, 2022
- 4 min
Pizza Night in the Thar Desert
Their names are Arfan, Arbaj, Akaram, Mangi, Saiid and little Arman. They are Merasi, the storytellers of India’s Thar Desert who have...
Linda Cortright
- Aug 28, 2022
- 5 min
Cruising Through The Desert
Camels and deserts are all but synonymous. At least, they used to be. In the last ten years, India’s camel population has plummeted by...
Linda Cortright
- Aug 13, 2022
- 5 min
Sheep Make You Smarter
Everyone knows, Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. But how many know that if Mary lived in Iceland . . . she would...
Linda Cortright
- Jul 30, 2022
- 7 min
The Miracle Of Travel
The stories have been all over the television, the newspapers and, of course, social media. This summer’s travel debacles have reached...
Linda Cortright
- Jul 24, 2022
- 7 min
The "Lost Flock"
An ancient Boreray "recipe" Within scientific communities it is not only bad form to anthropomorphize, it is verboten. Fortunately, my...
Linda Cortright
- Jul 17, 2022
- 5 min
"Drunk" on Boreray
It has been raining hard all morning. In fact, if I am to be completely honest it has been raining nearly the entire time since I stepped...
Linda Cortright
- Jul 10, 2022
- 4 min
The St Kildan Tale of Marilyn that's not a Munro
For the past month or so while I have been aboard several ships, I have mostly been in the company British travelers. As a result, I...
Linda Cortright
- Jul 3, 2022
- 8 min
From St Kilda to "Downton Abbey"
It is all but impossible to imagine what the remaining thirty-six St Kildans were feeling as the Dunara Castle pulled away from the...
Linda Cortright
- Jun 25, 2022
- 1 min
Get Thee To A Hairdresser
Depending your perspective, early summer is the perfect time to visit St Kilda. The Soay sheep are in their most unglamorous state as...
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