The Long Way Home: Where Exit Ramps Are Nameless
by Chris Woodside | Jan 5, 2011 | Magazine Articles
Appalachia Journal I have learned not to get lost on foot in the woods, but I have never mastered route finding in a car. Road maps never print enough detail; when reality presents unexpected streets and signs, I can’t reconcile them with my broad-brush concept of the...
NYC’s underground, as inspiring as Everest
by Chris Woodside | Jan 5, 2011 | Get This
Lower Manhattan and part of Brooklyn, subways Erling Kagge, a Norwegian climber, has started exploring the sewers and subway tunnels of New York City. “The opportunity to see New York in a way no one else has, from the inside out, is, for me, as inspiring as...1920 or 2010?
by Chris Woodside | Dec 27, 2010 | Get This
The New York Times on Sunday featured an article about a 19-year-old about to take part in a debutante ball. The point of the item was that here was a debutante who is smart. Suggesting that she’s unusual and that, therefore, other debutantes are not high...
Thoughts on consumption, part 2
by Chris Woodside | Dec 9, 2010 | Get This
Harper’s Weekly, December 25, 1880. People making wreaths. I am not a grinch—really. But I can’t help but think of Thorstein Veblen, the man who gave us the term “conspicuous consumption,” at this time of year. “Conspicuous consumption of...Recent Posts
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