Serious fiction about ethnic minorities' lives, excursions into sci-fi, fantasy and surrealism … Call me an optimist, but surely things can only get better.
That's the challenge I face every time I head overseas for a live-in excursion to places like Costa Rica, Nicaragua, or even on a walkabout around the world for a year.
Both Democrats and Republicans were unconvinced and directed NASA to build a huge new rocket, now known as the Space Launch System, and a capsule, known as Orion, where astronauts would live during their excursions into deep space.
"It's like a bad rerun of a bad movie," said Dan Becker, an energy expert at the Sierra Club, referring to the prospects that the Excursion might live on.
The picture is like This Is Spinal Tap for real, an unintentionally hilarious excursion into the lives of a group of self-regarding, inarticulate, constantly warring rock artists.
One nice addition to the usual resort staff are "nature concierges," young, knowledgeable people who live on site and lead daily excursions to the area's local natural wonders.
At the time of Moberly and Jourdain's excursion to Versailles, Montesquiou lived nearby, and reportedly gave parties in the grounds where his friends dressed in period costume and performed tableaux vivants as part of the party entertainments.
It is still relatively safe for Westerners, and there are guesthouses where expatriates who live in Kabul often escape for weekend excursions.
It built on ideas explored in the band's earlier recordings and live shows, but lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure in 1968 of founder member, principal composer, and lyricist, Syd Barrett.
