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The Sunday Read
The Sunday Read is published twice a month (sometimes more, sometimes less). It brings the same global adventures and stunning pictures as Wild Fibers Magazine but with the convenience of online access and the addition of on-location videos.
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Lake District Tweed's Dirty Future
Maria Benjamin has moved over 40 times in her life so far. However, for the foreseeable future, she intends to stay put. Since 2015,...
Linda Cortright
Jun 22, 20249 min read
Save a Bat ... Save a Sheep
In the world of mammals, bats are perhaps the most maligned and misunderstood. Often portrayed as leading characters in Count Dracula’s...
Linda Cortright
Jun 8, 20248 min read
Are British Sheep Just Goldendoodles in Disguise?
In 2023, the UK had 31.4 million sheep divided among 106 different breeds: some with long wool, some with short wool, some with lots of meat
Linda Cortright
May 25, 20247 min read
Just Shoot Me Now - An Unprecedented Trip to the Festival
Although it is the 20th anniversary of Wild Fibers, I am cautious about looking back for fear that I might dwell on the fact that 20...
wildfibers
May 11, 20246 min read
Up, Up and Away ... No, Thank You
It is the eve of Thailand’s Loy Krathong Festival (“loy” means to float, “krathong” means basket or vessel). It is one of Thailand’s largest
Linda Cortright
Apr 27, 202412 min read
Hill Tribe Textiles: The Curious Connection of Drugs and Dress
Chiang Mai still has rice fields—lots of them, but some might suggest it would be equally fitting to call it the “Kingdom of a Million Opium
Linda Cortright
Apr 13, 20247 min read
Hair You Go—Coiffed and Corrupt
The world of wild fibers casts a wide net, from the mighty muskox to the tiny silkworm. It even includes the downy undercoat of the fur...
Linda Cortright
Mar 30, 20247 min read
A Vegan's Nightmare
When my brother was in the seventh grade he successfully coerced my mother into letting him bring home a guinea pig from school. Scooter...
Linda Cortright
Mar 16, 20243 min read
Giddyap Borat!
I have discovered that foreigners frequently enjoy gifts from the States that we natives might otherwise regard as rather common or...
Linda Cortright
Mar 16, 20244 min read
Gridlock at Leopard Rock
Several years ago, I decided Sri Lanka would be the new Wild Fibers tour destination. In part, because not everyone enjoys the colder...
Linda Cortright
Mar 3, 20248 min read
Transylvania - A Moment in Paradise
During the summertime Transylvania is paradise. Centuries of farming have kept the hillsides green and bountiful, and the slow onset of...
Linda Cortright
Feb 16, 202413 min read
Curious Truths from Sri Lanka
Of the 7,500 elephants in Sri Lanka (about 10% of the Asian elephant population), only 7% possess tusks. Although they are now protected, ce
Linda Cortright
Feb 3, 20249 min read
The Miracle of the Muskox
This article first appeared Wild Fibers Vol. 3, Iss. 3 In the summer of 1930, a vigorous Norwegian named Johannes Lund contracted with...
Linda Cortright
Jan 23, 202412 min read
Waking up in James Taylor's Bed
It is nightfall by the time I reach my hotel on a mountaintop outside of Kandy, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka. For the past hour and a...
Linda Cortright
Jan 20, 202417 min read
Alaskan Pastures
Started in the mid 1950s by Harvard anthropologist John Teal, the Musk Ox Project was chosen to introduce non-intrusive form of agriculture
Linda Cortright
Jan 7, 202411 min read
The Buddha's Tooth and The Barefoot Queen
It was the summer of 1976, and most Americans were gearing up for the Bicentennial. Coming from Philadelphia—the birthplace of our...
Linda Cortright
Dec 31, 20238 min read
A Tangled Mess of Happiness in the Jungle
According to my itinerary, which has been carefully crafed with the help of several travel experts in Sri Lanka, today’s highlights...
Linda Cortright
Dec 16, 202311 min read
Sri Lanka: A Moral Dilemma at Sea
Nearly everyone who has been to Sri Lanka mentions the friendliness of the “locals” in the first breath. But precisely, what is a...
Linda Cortright
Dec 2, 202310 min read
In the Footsteps of Penguins and Sheep
Considering the hundreds of miles I have spent traveling around Scotland the past two years, it seems criminal that that my first...
Linda Cortright
Nov 18, 202311 min read
Orkney's Wooly Detective
I saw the glow of four eyes, one pair belonging to a tiny lamb standing strongly next to Hilary, both with their backs to the wind.
Jane Cooper
Oct 26, 20236 min read
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