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05/26/06 // Blog Post from Prague // Prague // Czech Republic: Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds “He tried to gather up and hold the phrase or harmony… that was passing by him and that opened his soul so much wider, the way the smells of certain roses circulating in the damp evening air have the property of dilating our nostrils.”— Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way Places have signature colors, they inscribe themselves onto you in liquid strokes … continue reading » Topics: Architecture, Death, Europe, Holocaust, Human Rights, Memory, Round The World Trip, War
03/26/06 // Blog Post from Death Island // Kampot // Cambodia: Midnight in a Perfect World I lounged for a while in the shallows letting the small waves lapped over my back while I studied the rock and shell bed that lay just under the surface of the waves, watching the stones and bits of shells pitch back and forth to the rhythm of the sea. The undulation of water and light distorted and rippled the … continue reading » Topics: Asia, Crabs, Death, Islands, Perfection, Phosphorescence, Round The World Trip
12/15/05 // Blog Post from Pashupatinath // Kathmandu // Nepal: Pashupatinath It was well past noon before I dragged myself out of the comforts of Thamel and caught a taxi to Pashupatinath. Nestled on a hillside beside the Bagmati River, Pashupatinath is one of the holiest sites in the world for Hindus, second only to Varanasi in India. Pashupatinath consists of a large temple which is open only to Hindus, surrounded … continue reading » Topics: Asia, Death, Nepal, Round The World Trip, Temples
11/06/05 // Blog Post from Rue de Archives // Paris // France: Bury Your Dead I feel I’ve been neglecting the site lately, but I haven’t really done much worth writing about. The last two days I’ve been inside working on a new project. For those of you wondering how I afford this trip, well that’s how, I stop doing fun things, lock the door and write or develop websites as the case maybe. And … continue reading » Topics: Bones, Catacombs, Death, Europe, Round The World Trip
02/24/05 // Blog Post from 28 Graves Ave // Northampton // Massachesetts: Farewell Mr. Hunter H Thompson I’m sure everyone has heard by now that Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide this past weekend. Like many I am saddened by Thompson’s decision to take his own life. I don’t for a moment pretend to understand why he did it, but after thinking about it for a few days I have decided that, despite the loss for the rest … continue reading » Topics: Death, Eulogy, Writing

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