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2013: The Year the Map Became the Story

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Happy Last Year / Archive 2013 2013: Happy Last Year The year the map became water: Panama, Alaska, the Caribbean, Arabia, and the accidental sailor learning to live forward. See Full Image Enter the Year Show Text The Backward View Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Nevertheless, next time, I will live life backwards: start out dead, get that out of the way, then finish with the fireworks. Why wait for 2020 to have perfect vision? 126 Blog posts recorded 15 Countries visited 25 Cruise ports 1 Panama Canal crossing Passage 01 Between Two Oceans The Panama Canal was more than a port call. It was a passage through human ambition: locks, water, machinery, and the audacity to redraw geography. ...