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Huntingtower was a departure for John Buchan. Published between the third and fourth of his tremendous Richard Hannay novels, the book’s protagonist is not a soldier-turned-spy, but instead a retired Scottish grocer who joins a quixotic effort...

It is January end when my husband and I drive from Munnar to Kodaikanal (162 km) via Madurai.  If it is all about tea plantations in Munnar, the road to Madurai passes coffee, pepper and vast cardamom plantations.  As we go further, we come...

Contiki - London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom The contiki blog is going to be a bit different, with me only posting what we did, as we are on the go non stop. Day 1 (May 7th): - Arrived at 6am, for a 645am departure. - Drove to Cliffs of...

The following excerpts can be found in the new book All That Darkness Allows, a great collection from Summit Books for anyone into horror stories. FIRE TREE by Weng Cahiles We’ll take it,” I found myself saying after scanning the house, my mind already...

Some coaches mess with sunflower seeds, others chew gum. But as he stalks the bench, Mike Keenan gnaws on shards of ice, as if to toughen up while cooling down. It’s a tic he cribbed early in his career from Scotty Bowman, the legendary NHL coach...