Whither Journals?

I'm reduced to (not very) public shaming: Some of you out there have journals that were going to be a collaborative correspondence between us. Only one person has sent one and I savaged it with art and nonsense and mailed it back. I have a big stack of supplies ready to use for this purpose but no journals.

You know who you are. Send 'em.

It's Not Just a South African Problem

Related to the story I wrote about mining pollution is a story detailing the same concerns about toxic water threatening the town of Leadville, Colorado:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28leadville.html

Story

A short article of mine about a rum drink from Madagascar is in the March issue of Saveur. If nothing else, you'll learn a lot about butter.

Trout in South Africa

Story from Afghanistan

This article and these photos, by two extraordinarily brave and talented women, are the most powerful story I've seen about what soldiers face in Afghanistan:

Battle Company Is Out There

Lantana

Our good friend Caroline Herring has a new album, Lantana, coming out on March 4. Caroline's record label hired her sister, a talented filmmaker, to make a short documentary about the new songs (which are excellent - this is her best record yet):

New Story

This story of mine was published on Friday, Feb. 15:

South Africa: Paying the price of mining