Number No Longer in Service

This week’s Camino a Ítaca asks whatever happened to good ‘ol fashioned miracles? It seems that the dead no longer walk and the seas no longer part. But hell, that doesn’t stop people from asking. All this and more is explored in my soon-to-be-published book. Stories Left in Stone. Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain.…

Lex Luthor’s Kryptonite

In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look into whether they have found a way to pierce the shield of lies and fabrications. Have they found the kryptonite to fight the far right cordyseps? Click over to read the original version published in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en…

The Prosecutor vs. the Felon

In this week’s Camino a Ítaca we divert our gaze away from Spain to across the Atlantic to matters that will have global implications. The irony of it all supercedes anything writers can produce. Click over to read the originally published version in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en…

Ode to Reason

This week’s Camino a Ítaca asks if such a thing exists as fascist children’s literature. A few trolls came out their lairs and found me on this piece. Their comments are hallucinatory, if a bit frightening. Click over to read the originally published piece in Spanish in the HOY or read the English translation below.…

The Tyranny of the Tale

In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at how narrative and storytelling can influence the way people think and even make them overlook facts. Click over to read the originally published piece in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) If you heard the phrase ‘Having been said and…

Up to Here!

In this week’s Camino a ÍtacaCamino a Ítaca a look at how a hard, rightwing shift in UK politics robbed me of a democratic right. Click over to read the original version published in Spanish in HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo)  It was a proto neofascist that took away…

Saint George in Rafah

In this week’s Camino a Ítaca, a rebranding of the global icon, the dragon slayer, with an eye on a population that desperately needs someone’s help, anyone’s help. Even a mythical knight. Click over to read the originally published version in Spanish in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo)…

Leaps of Faith

In this week’s Camino a Ítaca leaps of faith, both physically and metaphorically. Anthropology in action as people create their own faith. Click over to read the original version in Spanish in el HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) The bonfire was lit in a way that seemed entirely fitting…

Render unto Caesar

In this week’s Camino a Ítaca a look at an endemic wrong. An ongoing robbery from the people that now looks like it’s only going to get worse. Click over to read the original article in Spanish published in the HOY or read the English translation below. (PDF en castellano abajo) I’ve always had an…