Moo Baa La La La

I started with the title of one of my favorite kids’ books about animals, but this is not about what animals say. It’s about how people talk to animals. They don’t

The Poetry of Translation

Our Georgian guide used English words in expressions that were much more poetic than similar phrases in English. For example, instead of describing the sound of the river, he said how nice it

The Negative Space of Numbers

I wear a Timex digital watch when I travel instead of my Apple Watch. This is a simple digital watch where the numbers are made from segments of a bisected square. As I

He Has Elf Children

Our Georgian guide was talking to a local villager that he knew, as we hiked through the rural village in the mountains. The guide turned to us and said that the man has

Toilet Paper Without A Tube

You get used to things a certain way, but when you travel even the most common things are different. I could never imagine a roll of toilet paper without a tube in it,