“Greenland is a country of strong people – pioneers. Many question how they will survive without support from Denmark, but I ask a different question: why could you possibly think Greenlanders would not survive?”
Author Archives: Kieran
Tokyo: One Moment
“We say ‘Ichi-go, ichi-e’ – one chance, one moment. Appreciate the moment.”
Rome: Hidden History
In Rome, even history has a history.
Virginia: Civil War
“Everyone talks about states’ rights but was there any right that was ever threatened other than slavery?”
Netherlands: Dutch Masters
What makes a Vermeer is the special fall of light, the stillness of people – young women reading, sitting or standing, but always still – with the light coming from the left.
Lapland: Sámi Ways
Then there’s the quiet of walking through deep snow, bone dry from the sub-zero temperature and with a negative silence that sucks in any sound.
Yucatan: Maya Life
Vast libraries of writings on bark were burnt by the Spanish priests, while as many as two million sacred images were destroyed as idolatrous.
Botswana: Okavanga Delta
We run aground in narrow channels, then skirt the edges of deep ponds, keeping a wary eye out as a pod of hippos bellow their anger at us.
Hong Kong: Go Green
“The Chinese say Shan Shui – ‘mountains, water’ – and that is a very good description of the landscape.”
Malta: Knights’ Treasure
“Here in Malta we are at the center of the Mediterranean, with three important harbors, and whoever controlled Malta controlled the central Mediterranean.”
