I close my eyes and step out of my house in Oregon. I shuffle down the driveway to the mailbox to pick up the morning paper and right before I cross the street a black…
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this is india – part II
(This story is a continuation of the post from last week, which can be read by scrolling down to the next entry entitled, “this is india – part I”.) ***** The Rail Official instructs me…
a spoon full of graciousness
I take a deep breath, hold it, and step into the dank room. (When the students ran into our shared room an hour earlier and exclaimed, “It’s the most foul thing we’ve ever seen in…
immortality burning
***** Journal Entry March 23rd, 2005 Kathmandu, Nepal Pashupatinath Temple The Burning (Cremation) Ghats along the Bagmati River In insatiable appetite, a greedy fire spits out the flames of a violent hunger. Riding a wave…
meet my family
After enjoying our evening English sessions so much, I was invited to move into the house to share in a season with one of the most carinoso, loving and fun families I’ve ever encountered in…
looking up
(New pictures in the Colombia Album) The heat has exhausted me and I slide under the shade of a palm-thatched hut on the beachfront. Small, tanned, naked children roll around on the sand floor absorbed…
Things That Make Me Go “Hummmmm”
“You’re finally here! What took you so long?” “Hey, I had some trouble catching “Manchas” and getting him on a leash. He’s not used to these things you know. What the heck are we doing…
My Day, My Life
“Shasta-boy, you’re a handsome dog…from an angle.” – Shasta’s Owner ***** The last of my sleep wafts away on the gobble of a turkey outside my window. I start to walk the path back to…
On The Mental Move
Yesterday my mom called me a “modern monk.” And something about this comic vision (of myself in the robes of the Flying Nun) flinted around in my head sparking odd and incomplete inspirations. For I…