Tag: travel

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras Poetry

Life in Olancho, Honduras–3 poems

THE BOYS   I look at you your dirty face and dusty, blackened, toe-nailed, shoeless feet, tattered-and-torn T-shirt hanging from yourContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras

Drinking in Olancho, Honduras

The other week I found myself walking on a dirt road heading west towards the village of EI Mattoral. IContinue Reading

by James Murren 02 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras

A Sojourn through Tegucigalpa

Walking the streets of Tegucigalpa is an activity that requires an appreciation for danger and an ability to find familiarityContinue Reading

by James Murren 01 March 2008 1
Ethiopia Honduras Mountains Say Something

Singing Tree Frogs, Rain, and Military Rescues

 Tree frogs sing sex songs in the birch leaves under the cover of night, and lightning flashes across the sky.Continue Reading

by James Murren 01 March 2008 Number of comments0
Say Something Tea

From Baja to Brushtown…Thinking of Tomorrow

The zucchini came from Dad’s backyard garden and the bread made from it came from Mom’s kitchen.  A hunk ofContinue Reading

by James Murren 01 March 2008 Number of comments0
Mountains

“Fountain of Life,” the Need to Become the Water

The sleeping bag folds over my body as I look through the mesh panel of the tent roof; the treetopsContinue Reading

by James Murren 01 March 2008 Number of comments0
Say Something

Reflections on the Words of Cesar Chavez

Back in the 60s and 70s Cesar Chavez emerged as a leader among migrant farmworkers in California, and eventually theContinue Reading

by James Murren 01 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras Mountains

Celaque–climbing Honduras’ highest peak

journal entry 4 September 1999  Gracias, Lempira, Honduras   The sun is rising over the mountains to the east, alreadyContinue Reading

by James Murren 01 March 2008 1
Mountains Say Something

Perfect Love–desert inspiration

I am currently somewhere in Colorado, on my way back home to Pennsylvania.  My time in the high Mojave desertContinue Reading

by James Murren 01 March 2008 Number of comments0
Honduras Mexico MTB

MTB with Zapatista Imagination

It’s been an historic couple of weeks for Mexico.  Vicente Fox, the first non-PRI party president in over seventy yearsContinue Reading

by James Murren 01 March 2008 Number of comments0
Mountains

AT Winter Camp–January 2004

It was Farm Show week this past week.  Of course, this  is the exact reason we were blasted two timesContinue Reading

by James Murren 29 February 2008 2
MTB Poetry

To Climb is to Descend

  The quads, the calves, the region below the chamois, but not excluding the chamois area, and including the feet,Continue Reading

by James Murren 29 February 2008 Number of comments0
Libations MTB

Beer Guide to the Trails of Michaux

We are a fickle lot, the mountain bike ridin’ tribe of society’s flotsam and jetsam.  Sitting around talking shop andContinue Reading

by James Murren 29 February 2008 Number of comments0
Say Something

The Bridge between Brown and White Hands

The National Apple Harvest Festival in Arendtsville takes place over the next two weekends, October 7-8 and October 14-15.  ManyContinue Reading

by James Murren 29 February 2008 Number of comments0
Brazil

Watching the World Cup in Brazil

Today at 1:30 France and Italy will contend for the World Cup championship.  If you’re not familiar with the WorldContinue Reading

by James Murren 29 February 2008 Number of comments0
Brazil

Chicken Hearts and St. Anthony’s Party

“Here, try this?”  “What is it?”  Little, plump, brown and sort-of grayish, the bite size morsels came to a narrowContinue Reading

by James Murren 29 February 2008 Number of comments0
Ethiopia Nigeria

“Updates on the Goings On in Ethiopia and Nigeria”

I am taking this column space to update y’all on what has been going on in Ethiopia and Nigeria sinceContinue Reading

by James Murren 29 February 2008 1
Ethiopia

Gathering Water in Denan in a Time of Drought—part 3 of 3

  Two little girls are gathering water on the far side of the oversized puddle-of-a-pond on the outskirts of DenanContinue Reading