{"id":1077,"date":"2009-05-28T13:09:40","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2009\/05\/28\/bicycle-diaries\/"},"modified":"2009-05-28T13:09:40","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:09:40","slug":"bicycle-diaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2009\/05\/28\/bicycle-diaries\/","title":{"rendered":"bicycle diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As many of us (academics) set off for various travels, a glance at David Byrne’s Journal <\/a>can remind us of the value of the well-made observation. Byrne (yes, the Talking Head) has been posting his travel journals (to be published in the fall as Bicycle Diaries<\/a>) alongside photographs, videos, and other observations on his blog<\/a> for a few years now.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Reese for reminding me of Byrne’s writing. I’ll be heading off to Vancouver Island for the ASLE conference<\/a> next week, then to Amsterdam for the ISSRNC<\/a> in July, and to Santa Fe in August for a seminar at the School for Advanced Research on the Human Experience, with a few other stops along the way, and time spent in Vermont in between. So my blog contributions may be spotty at times through the summer. But if I motivate myself, I may share some photos and observations from my travels. I will be posting other people’s stuff to the Shadow Blog regularly.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As many of us (academics) set off for various travels, a glance at David Byrne’s Journal can remind us of the value of the well-made observation. 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