Category: holiday
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Five times a day the call issues forth from the amplified speakers mounted atop the minarets. These days, the muezzin need not bother climbing the steps up the tower. Because… more ›
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As if to prove the rule from yesterday’s post, today’s headlines included “U.S. airstrike kills top Qaeda agent in Somalia” and “Car bomb kills at least 9 in Baghdad; U.S.… more ›
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Tomorrow is Good Friday, but today isn’t so bad either. If all goes well with this entry (and the subsequent few), then I’ll use this new platform (for which I… more ›
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This new year I resolve to work toward greater consistency (like a fine mousse), to rid myself of excess (particularly 25% of personal possessions), to de-brand what I can, to… more ›
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Five nights in Venice for Carnevale, drinking bottles of wine passed back-and-forth as we make our way across this city filled with magic (as much so as my belly is… more ›
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Letter to My Friend Colin: Survived (I seeem to be using this word more and more frequently…) an extremely formal and conservative Christmas in the village of Piaseczno–where I lived… more ›
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Two years ago I began this site as an online journal, a record of my inner and outer adventures around the world. Several changes later, it has evolved into this… more ›
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My favorite holiday came and went already, and I was offline, celebrating it as it should be: shopping for pumpkins at the Farmers’ Market downtown and carving Jack-o’-Lanterns to put… more ›
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I have become such an American! After the past seventy-five minutes in traffic, I now see that I am nothing more than a cog in the great American machine–another blip… more ›