Archive for the ‘travel’ Category
Neighbor
“I got worried for a minute. Thought you were a bomber. That bag was there and I didn’t know where you had gone.” He was a man I’d guess of about 6’2” with (once) formidable biceps that had softened a bit in his years, dignified gray hair, and a goatee. He was seated at the […]
Filed under: Texas, travel, work | 1 Comment
we saw: (a big church
[Two of the blogger’s writing samples from childhood, the first written in Valle de Bravo (along Lake Avandaro in Mexico), the second on the plane ride home. January 1969; I was five.] People talking, people laughing, old house, dirty house, people whispering, dirty people, old people, music, Spanish, boys, girls, mother, old father, […]
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I skipped the incense
Deciding prior to my trip to Asia that I would take a second day off while here – though I felt the slightest bit guilty for doing so (the Lovely K will chide me for that) because of the cost and trouble to get here and why not work most of the time – I […]
Filed under: Hong Kong, Jesus, travel | 2 Comments
Taai gwai laa!!!
Not until I had been in Hong Kong a full 72 hours did I feel even halfway normal. That was yesterday. Today I sit in the ubiquitous locus of international coffee and social civilization, the Starbucks conveniently located near the Island Shangri-La Hotel, whose wireless service for guests I have tapped – not hacked – […]
Filed under: Hong Kong, Jesus, Texas, travel | 1 Comment
As the B-52s punch their words into my inner ear, “down, down, down…skedubidub…hrrrrr…ahhh..ahhhahhh…Rock Lobstah!” I recall a few minutes ago when a 20-something guy with a crew cut, backpack, and wild look in his eyes walks into the Starbucks on 76th and Columbus where I’m doing my evening news catch-up, drinking the requisite decaf, checking out […]
Filed under: baseball, Jesus, Manhattan, music, Starbucks, technology, travel, Upper West Side, YouTube | 1 Comment
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