Rocinante’s descendants: why it’s not enough that everything functions by Nicolás Boullosa on April 9, 2026 What we lose when we stop naming the things we use and let systems optimize everything for us. On someone’s …
The other Camino trail: teachings from the path beneath the path by Nicolás Boullosa on December 10, 2025 I walked the Camino at 19 with friends, no money, and even less spirituality. But somewhere between the fog and …
Capturing the vanishing, learning to let go: on aura, photography & being present by Nicolás Boullosa on November 13, 2025 Walter Benjamin warned that machines would steal the “aura” from art. Between a celebrated old travel-photography archive and every other …
Solar sailing & the spirit of Walden: charging with the sun, thinking with Thoreau by Nicolás Boullosa on June 5, 2025 A journey that began with a baby in a pouch, a college dorm bed, and Thoreau’s pond. From solar cars …
Delivery EV turned solar-powered campervan: 100% self-reliant by Kirsten Dirksen on June 7, 2022 Believing solar vehicles were feasible beyond the lightweight Aptera and Lightyear One cars, Joel Gregory Hayes wanted to create an …
Tiny boat home packs sunroom & dock in remote kayakers’ lake by Kirsten Dirksen on October 13, 2019 To reach the Iloft floating cabin, you drive five hours north from Montreal to Quebec’s third-largest lake and then kayak …
Travel for the soul: trains, Havasupai & Camino de Santiago by Kirsten Dirksen on April 21, 2010 I’ve never understood the allure of Paris and this week, after reading Alain de Botton’s A World Without Planes, I …
The end of modern air travel, Slow Travel and airships by Kirsten Dirksen on January 24, 2009 When I’m producing a story, I often lose perspective of the humanness of the conversation and the people involved and …
