La France
Warning: parts of this piece will be insufferable Damnit, they are advanced. Even for being so snooty and needlessly difficult. I am struck by how la France moderne seems focused and able to advance, year by year, while America sort of trundles on. Paris, and now Europe by my association, more readily embraces what I…
Aloha or Die
~Oahu Probably almost everyone in the US knows aloha. When you say, what is aloha, everyone knows it means “hello” in Hawaiian. It’s Hawaiian for “hello”. Some really sharp tools will add, “and goodbye,” to that little synopsis. As a bonus. It means “hello” and “goodbye.” So, if you know me at all by now,…
The Jungle
Offshore and On Reserve ~Oahu The Hawaiian Islands and the New York Metro are both meeting places. They are well-established intersections of culture and commerce, and have been for several hundred years. As a result, their respective histories resemble rich mosaics of human experience, and for anyone who is of an otherworldly interest, there is…
My Brave New World
On Building Again ~New York So, it’s been a while since anything was posted. It’s not that things haven’t been on a roll since last summer. I got to spend some time in Brazil and the West Bank and reacquaint myself with some wonderful, welcoming, big-picture people and places. Really top notch stuff for me.…
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About Trips
Observation is the most valuable byproduct of travel. The trouble lies in distilling it in the appropriate context. Removing your implicit bias is impossible–so don’t beat yourself up too hard. It’s the recognition of the bias after the fact that creates space for growth and understanding. Writing is my attempt to pin some of this stuff down while it’s fresh. So many details can go unnoticed, and we’re inclined as humans to see what we want to see, and forget what we want to forget.
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