vol. 12, num. 19 :: 2013.10.18 — 2013.10.31
The ways we get around both shape and tell the story of our culture. Think of Detroit’s development as a city for cars, or the presence (or absence) of accessible features in our buildings. What kind of wheels do you use and how do they tell your story, and the story of the place where you live?
A report from the convoluted infrastructure of Austin, Texas.
Around the world 11 times in a 2000 Volkswagen Jetta TDI.
A love letter to a perfect partner for exploring the streets of Amsterdam.
On the discipline of seeing Cincinnati at a slower speed.
The value of biking, walking and road tripping as a family.
An account of what happens when a family gets out of the car and hits the sidewalk.
Reimagining the good life in Chicago in light of Lazarus and Dante.
Charlie Peacock writes an ode to biking, and swimming.
Rebecca Tirrell Talbot on the virtues of riding the El in Chicago.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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