Odysseus the middle-aged: a better guide for men than podcasts & self-help by Nicolás Boullosa on November 5, 2026 A bad translation ruined The Odyssey for me in high school. Emily Wilson’s superb English translation brought it back, along …
A secret in the pavement: the masons who signed Lisbon’s sidewalks by Nicolás Boullosa on October 29, 2026 Tiles, mosaics and the anonymous artisans who kept places from becoming placeless. Many years back, on one of our trips …
News from the Other Side: Kokopelli, colporteurs & Patagonia’s radio messages by Nicolás Boullosa on October 23, 2026 A fall drive over the Continental Divide, and what a Hopi trickster, Alpine colporteurs and an AM station in Chubut …
When the spare room became an asset class: notes on the Airbnb backfire by Nicolás Boullosa on October 15, 2026 Two decades of renting other people’s homes as a family of five, and why both the bans and the price …
The Frontier isn’t fully closed: jobs offering a premium, then & now by Nicolás Boullosa on October 3, 2026 As AI squeezes entry-level office work, the trades still pay well, from Alaska’s remote camps to the kitchens Americans no …
The kore car & the terracotta soap dish: humble objects we attach meaning to by Nicolás Boullosa on September 26, 2026 A 30-second drawing at Back-to-School Night, a ceramics studio, and the broken roof tiles that followed us from Barcelona to …
Harvest by the old calendar: a July vintage, a Roman aqueduct & an ancient vineyard by Nicolás Boullosa on September 19, 2026 One hour south of Barcelona, the grapes come in before the proverbs say to pick, and the ruins along the …
Scandinavian Naturhus: a house inside a house as a fractal for the future by Nicolás Boullosa on September 9, 2026 What kids’ forts, Ron Eglash’s fractal villages, and a Swedish A-frame have in common. “All happy families are alike; each …
Wendell Berry’s 5 generations of lumber: one’s own long-legged home by Nicolás Boullosa on September 3, 2026 Wendell Berry died on Monday at ninety-two, the age he gave the old farmer he invented at thirty-nine. In a …
The first 5 feet: California fire rules around houses face reality by Nicolás Boullosa on August 27, 2026 I went for a run with a friend affected by the fire rules, and this is what I learned while …
