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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.
To enjoy a selection of excerpts, please go here.
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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...
Linda Cortright
Jul 24, 20227 min read
The "Lost Flock"
An ancient Boreray "recipe" Within scientific communities it is not only bad form to anthropomorphize, it is verboten. Fortunately, my...
Linda Cortright
Jul 17, 20225 min read
"Drunk" on Boreray
It has been raining hard all morning. In fact, if I am to be completely honest it has been raining nearly the entire time since I stepped...
Linda Cortright
Jul 10, 20224 min read
The St Kildan Tale of Marilyn that's not a Munro
For the past month or so while I have been aboard several ships, I have mostly been in the company British travelers. As a result, I...
Linda Cortright
Jul 3, 20228 min read
From St Kilda to "Downton Abbey"
It is all but impossible to imagine what the remaining thirty-six St Kildans were feeling as the Dunara Castle pulled away from the...
Linda Cortright
Jun 25, 20221 min read
Get Thee To A Hairdresser
Depending your perspective, early summer is the perfect time to visit St Kilda. The Soay sheep are in their most unglamorous state as...
Linda Cortright
Jun 18, 20226 min read
Sheep as "Sport"
Much of the interest in St Kilda revolves around the curious lifestyle of its inhabitants, and the equally curious tale of their demise....
Linda Cortright
Jun 12, 20224 min read
Growing-up on St Kilda
A woman and a young boy holding freshly caught fulmers. For just a moment, I try and imagine what it was like to grow-up on St Kilda...
Linda Cortright
Jun 7, 20222 min read
The Test of a Worthy Spouse
Throughout much of the last century, young ladies were often encouraged to marry a doctor, or a lawyer. They should set their sights on a...
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