This blog is about a personal project I've been working on for years. My aim is to get a magnet into every country and island on earth. At first I left them on refrigerators in hostels. Then I offered them as thanks for small favors, like helping me find my way in a foreign land or offering a smile when I needed one. i am now shameless in my venture, and very aggressive, I might add. I send them with scientists doing research, aid and government workers, soldiers and people going on cruises. Nobody dare mention travel in my presence! Each person who carries a magnet is requested to tell me about where they left it and take photos. Very few actually do.
In passing these magnets out around the globe, I am constantly surprised at the reaction to receiving such a small gift. Sometimes I hand one to someone I know but often it is a stranger. Often the recipient simply thanks me. Other times I've had both cheeks kissed, been given small gifts in return, and on accassion, the reaction is startlingly enthusiastic.
In this blog I will attempt to track these magnets and offer stories and photos from some of the places they go, the people who take them and those they give them to.
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