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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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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
Born and Buried in Bark
Before Christ (B.C) there was bc (bark cloth). And to further complicate matters bc was bc … bark cloth was before cotton. Predating the...
Linda Cortright
Oct 14, 20237 min read
Everyone Loves A (Sheep) Parade, But Why?
Two days before the “big” event, I was sitting in John Peavey’s living room in Hailey, Idaho, when his cellphone rang. He began fumbling...
Linda Cortright
Sep 30, 20237 min read
Stayin' Alive
Curious oddities about an equally curious island and sheep - the Manx Loaghtan
Linda Cortright
Sep 17, 202312 min read
Cheap, Small, and Nimble
An uncommon childhood during the Industrial Revolution
Linda Cortright
Aug 26, 20238 min read
The 3 Idiots and Me
Another life lesson among the nomads
Linda Cortright
Aug 3, 20239 min read
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