in Hawaii, Being Nice is the Law

in Hawaii, Being Nice is the Law It was mid-afternoon on our second day living in Hawaii, and I woke up groggy from a much-needed power nap. I stumbled into the kitchen where my girlfriend was sitting on the floor with the guy from the cable company. He had come to set up our internet […]

An ancient word no-one can translate

An ancient word no-one can translate With only one remaining fluent speaker, the Yaghan language is on the verge of dying out. Will this obscure word be its sole survivor? It was spring when I reached the end of the world. On that mid-September day it was cold and raining in the city of Ushuaia, […]