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07/03/08 // Blog Post from Parque Central // León // Nicaragua
Tiny Cities Made of Ash The bells are a constant cacophony, not the rhythmic ringing out of the hours or tolling from mass that the human mind seems to find pleasant; no, this is constant banging, the sort of atonal banging that only appeals to the young and dumb. The firecrackers bursting back over behind the cathedral add an off rhythm that only makes the … continue reading » Topics: Architecture, Culture
02/03/07 // Blog Post from Dover Drive // Newport Beach // California
Everything All The Time “We’ll collect the moments one by oneI guess that’s how the future’s done” — Leslie Fiest A while back a friend of mine who I hadn’t spoken to in quite a while rang me up. At some point we got to talking of age and memory and time. We were speaking of time passing, of the curious moment we both … continue reading » Topics: Beauty, Culture, Friends, Memory, Reflecting
01/11/07 // Blog Post from Dover Drive // Newport Beach // California
The Sun Came Up With No Conclusions “And so it is that we, as men, do not exist until we do; and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that non-existence shall take us back from existence and that nameless spirituality shall return to Void, like a tired child home from a … continue reading » Topics: Authors, Beauty, Culture, Eulogy, Mysticism, Philosophy
05/09/06 // Blog Post from Thet's House // London // United Kingdom
London Calling <p>&#8220;Why are you choosing to visit your friend now?&#8221;<br /> (shrug) (smile) “How much money are you bringing in?” “Money? On me? None. I was planning to use that ATM behind you.” “Do you have any bank statements showing how much money you have?” “Uh, no, I didn’t know that I needed…” “You have onward tickets?” “Yes.” “May I see … continue reading » Topics: Americans, Art, Artists, Culture, Europe, Round The World Trip, Shakespeare
11/01/05 // Blog Post from Rue de Archives // Paris // France
The Houses We Live In I’ve been thinking the last couple of days about something Bill’s dad said to me before I left. I’m paraphrasing here since I don’t remember the exact phrasing he used, but something to the effect of “people are essentially the same everywhere, they just build their houses differently.” Mr. Bill is widely traveled from his time in the Air Force … continue reading » Topics: Architecture, Culture, Europe, Round The World Trip, Sunsets
08/07/03 // Blog Post from 28 Graves Ave // Northampton // Massachesetts
Take Me To Your Leader Before I get started, I have several sort of general purpose warnings for the casual reader: first, while I have downloaded some music in my day, I am not regular user of file sharing networks. Second, before you think this makes me some upstanding citizen let me add that I have copied a fair number of cds in my day. … continue reading » Topics: Authors, Beauty, Culture, Eulogy, Mysticism, Philosophy