Travel
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Leaving on a jet plane.
(Written July 1, 7:20pm to around nine pee em.) What is it, I wonder, about travel and airports, and planes, and anticipation that makes my head come alive? I go to the airport early because that is where I know the ideas hang out. I watch a waitress approach a customer. She stands silently in Continue reading
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The attraction of hard places.
I exist in a fictional place of northern New England… Continue reading
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The City Weird
As noted previously, I’m traveling. This is a repost from January, 2010. Thanks for reading. Can there possibly be a greater American juxtaposition: Portland, Maine to Las Vegas, Nevada? But then Las Vegas (I feel weird calling it Vegas, we’re not that close) makes for a stark comparison to most any other place. I had Continue reading
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North, by Northeast.
Traveling light. Essentials only. Continue reading
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Om mani padme hum
“It was likely one of those mid-life things, a harmless urge, as mid-life urges go.” Continue reading
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Next?
“How can one resist the pull of such a place? Perhaps one cannot.” Continue reading
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