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Caruso

Caruso

June 14, 2021
by Alistair Johnston
Italy Yarns, Yarns

For a few years I lived in the Trastevere district of Rome. I rode a bicycle to work and bought groceries at the market. I…

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Free Speech and Democracy, Opinion and Truth

Free Speech and Democracy, Opinion and Truth

December 4, 2020
by Alistair Johnston
Editorial

I have opinions. I don’t know if my opinions are true. It seems unlikely that all of them would be. Because for every opinion I…

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Summer Romance

Summer Romance

July 21, 2020
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

Ten years ago, I lived on an island off the coast of Honduras. It was summer when I was there. It was summer almost all…

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Coronavirus and the Roar of America

Coronavirus and the Roar of America

April 2, 2020
by Alistair Johnston
Features

I read an article once, by a man whose name I cannot remember, which attributed the differences between occidental and oriental cultures to the incidence…

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Pedro Jiménez and his Dog

Pedro Jiménez and his Dog

November 24, 2018
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

One night in the autumntime, there was an earthquake in the Coyoacán area of Mexico City. It was early in the hours of the morning,…

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Life's Little Joys

Life’s Little Joys

May 30, 2018
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

The finest and best restaurant on Koh Tao is a cosy little place called Mama’s. The eponymous Mama is a middle-aged blob of a woman,…

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Hitchhiking in Laos

Hitchhiking in Laos

December 4, 2017
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

I woke up early in the morning and checked out at the front desk with the night manager.  I bought a baguette from a street…

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An American Airport at Dawn

An American Airport at Dawn

July 17, 2017
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

5:45am, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta There’s a kind of politeness that’s so polite it’s impolite, you know? Like you can tell the person talking to…

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Off Road in the Caribbean

Off Road in the Caribbean

May 4, 2017
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

There’s an island off the coast of Honduras, more Carib than Latin, where a lady called Jenny sells cinnamon rolls and men play dominoes at…

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Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

April 28, 2016
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

They didn’t tell me I’d be reading so I hadn’t brought my glasses. I was standing at the lectern in the school chapel, not a…

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Shit Luck in Santiago

Shit Luck in Santiago

March 21, 2016
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

It is fabled that when a bird ordains to shit on you, good luck is on the way. I was moving to my new apartment…

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Welcome to the Jungle Party: A Ridiculous Tale of Tubing in Laos

Welcome to the Jungle Party: A Ridiculous Tale of Tubing in Laos

January 19, 2016
by Alistair Johnston
Yarns

I bombard out from the toilets and back into the fray. Behold! Like a painting by Hieronymus Bosch. The Mekong shore is littered with bodies,…

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