From Sheep To Ship
The story begins more than five hundred years ago inside a stone church in northern Norway. Someone, perhaps several someone’s, decided...
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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
May 13, 20236 min read
Brooms, Blankets, and Vodka
When Anna Miller was four years old, she would travel twelve hundred miles to visit her grandmother. On the way home, she would sit in...
Linda Cortright
Apr 29, 20235 min read
One pair of socks, $1500
On my last day in New Zealand, I thought there were no more surprises left. I had already been surprised to learn that as part of...
Linda Cortright
Apr 22, 20236 min read
Harakeke-The Fiber That Nearly Killed the Māori
I am nothing short of appalled to learn my view of New Zealand’s natural fiber industry has been myopic. In a country that touted 78...
Linda Cortright
Apr 8, 20237 min read
Plant a Tree, Kill a Sheep?
An alarming number of New Zealand ranchers are beginning to yell "Timber!" The last time I visited New Zealand was in 2008; it had all...
Linda Cortright
Mar 26, 20239 min read
From the Back Of The Plane
I have never understood the Zen of running. No mixture of sweat, spandex, and battered joints will ever elicit any semblance of...
Linda Cortright
Mar 12, 202310 min read
Diamonds in the Rough
The remarkable story of how a fortune in diamonds led to a sheep farm in Namibia, and eventually poverty.
Robert Burton
Feb 18, 202315 min read
The Stunning Story of Seal Wool
Historian Robert Burton reveals a forgotten chapter in natural fibers with his investigation of wool from the Antarctica fur seal.
Linda Cortright
Feb 12, 202313 min read
Penguins, Wool, and Wine
Back in November, when most folks were spewing expletives as they navigated miles of Thanksgiving traffic and other challenges that come...
Linda Cortright
Jan 3, 20235 min read
"Down" on the Farm
There is no shortage of sheep to see during my tour of Iceland, particularly during lambing season when the population swells from...
Linda Cortright
Dec 3, 20228 min read
Crossing The Arctic Circle
It’s the middle of June and I am putting on my thick wool sweater, a red Gore-tex jacket, and a pair of tall rubber boots. I have just...
Linda Cortright
Nov 19, 20225 min read
The Mighty Mekong
At one time, long . . . long . . . ago, Cambodia was the epicenter of progress. The carvings along the temple walls at Angkor Wat tell...
Linda Cortright
Nov 5, 20227 min read
My Promise to Chum Mey
Several years ago, I visited the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.; a sunken wall of polished granite bearing tribute to more than...
Linda Cortright
Oct 20, 20229 min read
Wet and Sticky, Soft and Silky
A lesson in Vietnamese lotus silk Ms. Thuan is seventy-one-years-old, a fact she is quick to share in a country that reveres its elders....
Linda Cortright
Oct 2, 20225 min read
Chicken Feet
And other delicacies in Hanoi's old city “Do you like chicken feet?” My guide asks. “I have very good place in old city. Best chicken...
Linda Cortright
Sep 18, 20226 min read
Bikaner: The Ultimate Wool Stash
My Indian driver is making a hard sell that we stop at Karni Mata Temple, commonly referred to as rat temple. “Very holy place,” he...
Linda Cortright
Sep 4, 20224 min read
Pizza Night in the Thar Desert
Their names are Arfan, Arbaj, Akaram, Mangi, Saiid and little Arman. They are Merasi, the storytellers of India’s Thar Desert who have...
Linda Cortright
Aug 28, 20225 min read
Cruising Through The Desert
Camels and deserts are all but synonymous. At least, they used to be. In the last ten years, India’s camel population has plummeted by...
Linda Cortright
Aug 13, 20225 min read
Sheep Make You Smarter
Everyone knows, Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. But how many know that if Mary lived in Iceland . . . she would...
Linda Cortright
Jul 30, 20227 min read
The Miracle Of Travel
The stories have been all over the television, the newspapers and, of course, social media. This summer’s travel debacles have reached...
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