HeyJaredJeffji’s Big World
Named after my pioneering 1994 travel blog, Big World will introduce you to fascinating people immersed in the arts and sciences, and reflect on the personal challenges introduced by my new traveling companion: Parkinson's Disease.
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“America, We Have a Problem!” (opens the original)
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Folks, this is a longish post, a couple of pages longer than usual. I’m making up for a missed week and a spell of highly distracting pain. But you’re gonna love it. So sit down with a cup of Joe, or a mildly intoxicating beverage, and join me on this journey. * Also – please see the important request at the very end.As many of you know (or have implied from these posts), I have long been an outer space fanatic. I’ve written a book about Star Trek, taken my godson to Space Camp (now defunct), an
Adaptation (opens the original)
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Wake of the Flood (opens the original)
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On December 26, 2004, the deadliest tsunami in recorded history occurred in the Indian Ocean. An enormous tidal wave, caused by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, blasted across the Indian Ocean and took roughly 230,000 lives in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.What occurred in Nepal on August 26th was something that I had never imagined: a tsunami in a landlocked country. The collapse of an enormous glacier, and the subsequent landslide, created a wall of ice, stone,
Sitting in the Dark (opens the original)
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Beauty in the Breakdown (redux) (opens the original)
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For the past 27 months, I’ve posted faithfully in Jeffji’s Big World every other weekend. But the other day I was listening to a podcast of the Ezra Klein show, and he was replaying one of his favorite interviews – a conversation with music visionary Brian Eno. And I thought to myself, “if Ezra can take a break, so can I.” So this weekend I’m giving myself a little break, and republishing one of my favorite Substacks from almost two
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