Quote for Today: Brian Andreas
You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn’t that far to go. Or the time …
Crossing Opera and Mariachi Yields a Rare Flower: Cruzar la Cara de la Luna
José “Pepe” Mártinez and Leonard Foglia’s Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, To Cross the Face of the Moon, weaves an emotional and profound story of a family divided by the US …
Walking Across China: Cristoph Rehage’s Disorienting Journey
In November 2007, Christoph Rehage set out to walk from Beijing, on the far eastern side of China, to Germany. One year and 4500 miles later, scruffy and tired, he …
How Long to Cross From Selma to Montogomery?
The year was 1965. Jimmie Lee Jackson, an ordained deacon of the St. James Baptist Church in Marion, Alabama, had been trying to register to vote for four years. As an …
Quote for Today: Mark Haddon
Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing. —Mark Haddon
Fear and Music: Crossing the Border with Alfredo Rodriguez
When pianist Alfredo Rodriguez was invited to play for jazz legend Quincy Jones, he was excited and perhaps a little nervous. The journey would not do much for his nerves. …
Crossing the Country on Foot: Transformation One Step at a Time
Walking across the continent is not a new thing, but the extent of North American civilization has made it a different experience from what it was in the past. There …
Quote for Today: Michael Chabon
Yet entertainment–as I define it, pleasure and all–remains the only sure means we have of bridging, or at least of feeling as if we have bridged, the gulf of consciousness …
Quote for the Day: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
To that Providence, my sons, I hereby commend you, and I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers …
TrekWest Crosses the Border in Arizona: Raising Awareness for Wildlife
In late January, John Davis, a conservationist and explorer, began a 5,000 mile journey from Hermosillo, Mexico to Fernie, Canada. He is hiking, cycling and paddling this route to document …