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The Sunday Read

The Sunday Read is published twice a month (sometimes more, sometimes less). It brings the same global adventures and stunning pictures as Wild Fibers Magazine but with the convenience of online access and the addition of on-location videos.

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Linda Cortright

Feb 1613 min read

Transylvania - A Moment in Paradise

During the summertime Transylvania is paradise. Centuries of farming have kept the hillsides green and bountiful, and the slow onset of...

Linda Cortright

Feb 39 min read

Curious Truths from Sri Lanka

Of the 7,500 elephants in Sri Lanka (about 10% of the Asian elephant population), only 7% possess tusks. Although they are now protected, ce

Linda Cortright

Jan 2312 min read

The Miracle of the Muskox

This article first appeared Wild Fibers Vol. 3, Iss. 3 In the summer of 1930, a vigorous Norwegian named Johannes Lund contracted with...

Linda Cortright

Jan 2017 min read

Waking up in James Taylor's Bed

It is nightfall by the time I reach my hotel on a mountaintop outside of Kandy, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka. For the past hour and a...

Linda Cortright

Jan 711 min read

Alaskan Pastures

Started in the mid 1950s by Harvard anthropologist John Teal, the Musk Ox Project was chosen to introduce non-intrusive form of agriculture

The Buddha's Tooth and The Barefoot Queen

Linda Cortright

Dec 31, 20238 min read

The Buddha's Tooth and The Barefoot Queen

It was the summer of 1976, and most Americans were gearing up for the Bicentennial. Coming from Philadelphia—the birthplace of our...

A Tangled Mess of Happiness in the Jungle

Linda Cortright

Dec 16, 202311 min read

A Tangled Mess of Happiness in the Jungle

According to my itinerary, which has been carefully crafed with the help of several travel experts in Sri Lanka, today’s highlights...

Linda Cortright

Dec 2, 202310 min read

Sri Lanka: A Moral Dilemma at Sea

Nearly everyone who has been to Sri Lanka mentions the friendliness of the “locals” in the first breath. But precisely, what is a...

Linda Cortright

Nov 18, 202311 min read

In the Footsteps of Penguins and Sheep

Considering the hundreds of miles I have spent traveling around Scotland the past two years, it seems criminal that that my first...