Prepare for launch…
The week leading up to a Marathon is pretty tough. Strictest diet ever. Very specific work-outs, brief runs, and long stretches of relaxation meant to build up a body completely…
Pick up and run…
Now, if you were not aware, I’ve been training for a marathon since June. The night I returned from Haiti, I set myself to running. And now… the time has…
Just a flower by a bay…
…but what a lovely place in the world. One of my “homes.” Stay tuned… -Noah D.
Sections of sky…
Spin a globe. On the average schoolhouse globe, the area of sky that you can see at any given time is much smaller than the dot marking whatever city you…
Moving in honor of sunlight…
So, I’ve been training for a run. On this particular day, I needed to wake up before dawn to get my run in because the day was prohibitively busy otherwise.…
Below ground above Corinth…
There are the hidden places of the world, off the beaten path where tourists give up: “There’s nothing to see here!” In the underworld, it is easy to see the…
Sport and stuff…
Like a back-lot set used in a post-apocalyptic movie, the 2004 Athens Olympic stadium sits mostly abandoned east of downtown. The whole campus is immense. The group took a tour…
Reasoning for seasoning…
So, I must confess: I barely follow sports. I’m one of those people who watch the Olympics every four years and get my dose of “sport” that will satisfy me…
The market floor…
I’m beginning to return to places frequently enough that I am seeing the evolution over time. The first time I set foot in this square, I couldn’t actually see it.…
On a foreign map…
No matter how often I travel, for some reason I have a special place in my heart for maps. To see a map, recognize it as foreign, and know that…
A certain Athens of many…
“Oh, that city kinda feels like Berlin.” “This town reminds me a little of Chicago.” “It is like a small version of London.” “Memphis looks a lot like Cairo when…
Light from underneath…
Blame it on whatever natural phenomenon you’d like – angle of the sun, atmospheric composition, amount of trees in bloom vs leaves on the ground, whatever… …it never fails to…