Plans derailed
I want to roam, but I don’t want to be a stupid American who gets into trouble with the military authorities. Southern Beech, by Carol L. Douglas, 9X12, available. Yesterday’s plans to hike along the Rio Electrico were derailed. The Army is making rounds, checking the hosterias in the area to verify that travelers are …
On the road with COVID-19
What does the word quarantinemean? It changes every day. Glaciar Cagliero from Rio Electrico, by Carol L. Douglas, 11X14, available. Yesterday I outlined the problems we will have if we break quarantine to head back to the airport. These were reinforced by an email from the US State Department, which told us to comply with …
No man’s land
May we all treat coronavirus as a chance to serve, rather than be served. El Calafate, by Carol L. Douglas, 8X10, oil on canvas, available, if I can get it to you. On arrival at Buenos Aires last week, the flight attendant announced a twenty-minute delay in disembarking. Nevertheless, people moved up the aisle, preferring …
Sleepless in Buenos Aires
Coronavirus has the traveling public aware, alert, and concerned… but nobody’s panicking. Athabasca Glacier, by Carol L. Douglas. This is a Canadian glacier, but I’m looking for its Southern Hemisphere mates. As of this moment, I have been traveling for 28 hours and am still eight hours short of tonight’s destination. It took me about …
Travel in the age of coronavirus
We live in an age of instant global connection, without filters. That means we’re about to experience pandemic differently than ever before. Athabasca Glacier, by Carol L. Douglas Turpenoid, made by Weber, and Gamsol, made by Gamblin, are both odorless mineral spirits (OMS), modern substitutes for turpentine in the oil-painter’s kit. A chance conversation with …