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	January 27, 2008

Pilgrimage -- A Paradise Found, and Lost I'm back from a week-long, impulsive trip to Belize (some photos here), where I visited with Joe Bageant, one of the greatest storytellers of our generation, lived with a struggling family in a struggling nation (to learn whether all the ideas I write about on this blog have any kind of universal applicability), walked an ocean beach that has not yet become coveted and secured property, and slept in a tropical rainforest. So stay tuned for: Pilgrimage, Part One: What globalization has wrought in the world's struggling nations, and why they put up with it Intentional Community versus Accidental Community: The dark side of Pollard's Law Pilgrimage, Part Two: A night in the rainforest Ten Signs That the US and Canada are Failing States Why So Few People are Interested in Serious Conversation Vagabondage: Searching for Home Making a Blog More Like a Conversation: Why I've started reading blogs (those that are true journals, and which relate personal stories) once again Many thanks to Joe, and to my wonderful, gracious and generous Belizean hosts -- the Garifuna family I stayed with in Hopkins and the Mayan youths who worked at the rainforest lodge and told me about their culture. 9:37:21 PM  trackback []  comment []

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