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No Special Magic
"I had an aged Volvo once (this is not irrelevant), and I was on holiday in Ireland in the summer, as I usually am, and the boot — which you call the trunk — jammed. I went in to the local garage man in my Kerry village and said, “I suppose I should take it to a Volvo dealer.” … Continue reading No Special Magic
The Black Ghost
Slow Travel
"An alpinist develops his power and gives proof of it; he feels and thinks simultaneously; this superior joy illuminates the snow landscape. But he who has taken an electric train up to the top of a famous mountain does not find the same sun."Emile-Auguste Chartier, "Diogenes" in Alain on Happiness. Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 1973. … Continue reading Slow Travel
