Christmas in Fiji (with podcast)
Posted on December 17, 2010 - Filed Under Audio, Fiji, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Choirs, Coups and Long Canoes Where do you go to find a spirited Christmas celebration? Give me Fiji any day. As the temperature teases the freezing tick on the thermometer and our cat Moritz stalks the house looking for non-existent pools of light, my mind drifts on the trade winds to Fiji sunshine. I am [...]
The Truth About Santa
Posted on December 13, 2010 - Filed Under Culture, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Did you know that Saint Nicholas is Baba Chaghaloo in Afghanastan? This among the factoids in my friend Georgia Hess’ history of a jolly fat man with a past. Who Was Nicholas?
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Posted on December 23, 2009 - Filed Under Holiday | Leave a Comment
A few years ago I took a night before the night before Christmas helicopter ride to where the spirits are high and the air is thin. This is a short excerpt from “Gone Astray” an audio book of my stories that will be released by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange on iTunes and on CD [...]
Cold Turkey in Heidelberg: Audio Story
Posted on December 17, 2009 - Filed Under Audio, Germany, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Heidelberg Castle ©Russell Johnson What do you do when you are alone during a holiday, stuck in a place that doesn’t celebrate it? A few years ago I flew to Germany the day before Thanksgiving for a 1/2 hour business meeting. The meeting was a bust and alone, in a foul mood on a bone-chilling [...]
Shopping for Valentines: The Kama Sutra, One Bite at a Time
Posted on February 14, 2007 - Filed Under Food & Wine, France, Holiday, Misc. | Leave a Comment
It is a mashup of Animal Crackers, Cracker Jacks, Willie Wonka and, uh, sex. What ever happened to the idea of fun candy? As a kid I used to sit around with my pals biting the heads off of giraffes and the butts off hippos, giggling self-indulgently at my cleverness. Likewise with Cracker Jacks: one [...]
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