An unexpected friendship with a stray dog leads to valuable life lessons of love, loyalty, and independence.
There is a recent worldwide bias against Big.
Big alienating cities are worse than small beautiful villages.[1] A big fat guy is bad; fashion-model-thin is good. A big meal is bad for your health – “eat light.” Small, boutique hotels – good. Big hotels for the masses – bad. Small family farms – good. Big corporate farms…
Aesop gave a bad name to the cicadas.
In one of his well-known fables, he talks about a cicada who is lazy all summer, doing nothing but singing under the trees. The cicada urges an ant, who is busy working to store food for the winter, to stop for a while and enjoy the summer. The ant refuses…
Quito, Ecuador, 2006 I’m sitting in the waiting room of the Visa Department of the Interior Ministry of Ecuador. Facing me on the opposite wall is a photo of a clay pot, decorated with all sorts of ornamental figures. I realize that it was crafted by an unknown pre-Inca artist who lived in some coastal desert…