Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Fellow Writers, Happy New Year, one and all! After a brief overview of one writer’s life in 2024, I’ll share some of my best reads of the year and What Others Are Saying. The Guatemala Reader Extraordinary Lives & Amazing Stories reached “Best Seller” status, received excellent reviews, and the BestBook Award for Nonfiction Travel: Self Discovery and Travel Journals. A successful Kickstarter campaign brought together friends and readers to support my work, and they pitched in to fund most of the publishing and marketing expenses. Although I produced a series of “incentives” and offered deluxe […]
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Best Books of 2024 & Much More! Million Mile Walker Dispatch, January 2025 Edition
Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Fellow Writers, Happy New Year, one and all! After a brief overview of one writer’s life in 2024, I’ll share some of my best reads of the year and What Others Are Saying. The Guatemala Reader Extraordinary Lives & Amazing Stories reached “Best Seller” status, received excellent reviews, and the BestBook Award for Nonfiction Travel: Self Discovery and Travel Journals. A successful Kickstarter campaign brought together friends and readers to support my work, and they pitched in to fund most of the publishing and marketing expenses. Although I produced a series of “incentives” and offered deluxe […]
Continue readingMy Take on Paul Theroux’s Reality Check for Expats
Paul Theroux, one of the most prolific Returned Peace Corps travel writers, provides an insightful rendition of the plight of expats. He reminds us with a quote from obnoxious nativist Pap Finn from the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” that Americans have complained about the state of affairs here, and many have acted on the threat to find refuge abroad, which is ironic today when millions are putting their lives at risk coming here. Those leaving often are looking for something new, according to Theroux. Pap Finn’s rant, “A man can’t get his rights in a government like this. Sometimes I […]
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