Ten or so years ago I read Neil Postman’s “Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology.” While I have always embraced technology, I have also tried to be aware of its downsides. Postman’s book is a marvelous critique of technology’s dark side.
So I am always curious and a little dubious about new technologies. I worry [...]
Archive for October, 2008
The twitter over Twitter
Posted in Culture, Life, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Technology on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Authentic People and Places
Posted in Culture, Life, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has taken me some time to figure out that my work has mostly been about authenticity. It has been about trying to create authentic places, and it has been about trying to be authentic myself. This latter is a challenge for all of us because, from the moment we are born, we are being [...]
Mary Ellen Kranz to Return in 2010
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are so happy to report the Mary Ellen Kranz will return to Orvieto with us in 2010 to share her wonderful skills of marrying photography with fabric. Mary Ellen has just published her second book on the technique. This fall’s students took stunning photo’s with Mary Ellen’s guidance and now are displaying them on [...]
Photos to Fabric
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mary Ellen Kranz is an unbelievably gifted teacher, and skilled artist. During our recent trip to Italy she led a class that did 2 things:
Provided skills, comfort, knowledge and confidence in using cameras and photo manipulation software to create beautiful pictures.
Showed how to take those pictures, transfer them to fabric and then apply the fabric [...]
Italy
Posted in Culture, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As our trip winds down and we begin turning towards home, I inevitably begin to reflect on why I will miss this place so much. It is hard to put a finger on. But I think it is the integrated life I will miss. It is the way of life, the texture of life here, [...]
The Moment
Posted in Culture, Life, Orvieto Italy, Slow travel vacations, Small group travel Italy on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today is our last day in Orvieto, magic city we love. Last night Kristi and I were in our neighborhood wine bar having a beer (Yes we’re in Italy, land of wine, but we love beer – one of many reasons we enjoy England – their great beer.) So we told them we were sad [...]
In Orvieto
Posted in Adventures in Italy Teachers, Culture, Life, Living Slow, Travel Information on October 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We have been in Orvieto for a week. Tomorrow is our last day. It has been simply wonderful. Just to recap a few things.
How can I have missed so many details in my previous 9 trips? It is simply amazing to me that I am seeing so many wonderful details on buildings that I have [...]
