What kind of blog is this?
Lipah, Bali As those of you (the few, the proud, the faithful) who read my other blog Graydon's Travels know, I usually write about travel, often by bicycle or on foot, sometimes in Stanley, the pickup truck-camper combo that my partner and I drove around southern Africa for the better part of a year. I write about scenery and wildlife and history and culture and birds, but very rarely about politics and current affairs, except when they impinge directly on the stories of my trips. This doesn't mean that I don't have opinions or interest in this things, but rather that they don't really fit into what I most want to write about. I am actually very interested in following the goings-on in the world, particularly events that affect the quality of life for ordinary citizens of the world. I've been a lifelong fan of The Economist magazine, and have subscribed off and on (whenever I've been sedentary and stable long enough) to the Guardian Weekly . As wel...