Gretel Ehrlich is one of those extraordinary people. She's done cattle-ranching in Wyoming, spent 23 years dogsledding in Greenland, has explored Japan and survived being struck by lightning.
From Unsolaced: Along the Way to All That Is comes this observation by a Greenlander whose family has, for MANY generations before Wyoming was even thought of, hunted the nothern country.
Robin Magowan's dad married Robert Merrill's daughter thereby becoming Mr. Merrill's adjutant. Robin, deeply influenced by his uncle, James Merrill, traveled and wrote. Improbable Journeys describes his time in the Mideast.
The quote, indirectly attributed to Omar (1048-1141), echoes today's sentiments around "disinformation." Some things never change.
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