These Ithakas

In the great oral tradition of the Greeks, I first encountered C.P.

Sep 29 • Jack Willis

Great Expectations

Every once in a while, I get the urge to delete old playlists and social media posts, empty and re-arrange my bookshelves, that kind of thing.

Sep 15 • Jack Willis

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June 2026

Slow Burn

Having been an armchair traveler far longer than I have been an actual one, the mere names of world cities like Cairo, Moscow, and Rio de Janeiro remain…

Jun 29 • Jack Willis

May 2026

Coin of the Realm

Sometimes, when I can’t seem to fall asleep, I imagine my future home and the people I might live in it with.

May 27 • Jack Willis

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Margins and Commas, Revisited

I have always paid too much attention to the physical features of a page of text.

May 17 • Jack Willis

August 2025

I’ll Be Here

Why taking a nap on a rock might be the magic that saves your next trip

Aug 26, 2025 • Jack Willis

A Land Remembered

Daydreaming about a writer’s life in the outer Faroes

Aug 24, 2025 • Jack Willis

Breakfast of Champions

There’s nothing a smorgasbord can’t do

Aug 23, 2025 • Jack Willis

Disbarred

Faroese nightlife might not match its Nordic neighbors

Aug 22, 2025 • Jack Willis

The Last Cabin

Or, more appropriately, The Cabin at the End of the World

Aug 22, 2025 • Jack Willis

June 2025

Kandy Land

The sun rises early in Sri Lanka, so when we left our hotel for the train station this morning it was already light out.

Jun 4, 2025 • Jack Willis

March 2025

On The Road Again

With the help of the intricate web of buses that connects El Salvador, we managed to get from gridlock traffic at the Santa Ana market to archaeological…

Mar 15, 2025 • Jack Willis