Archive for the Personal Category
The Falling Leaves
Oct 16th, 2009 Posted in France, General, News, Personal | one comment »The Falling Leaves.
Falling is a noun, Leaves is a verb.
The struggle of adapting to a new life in Paris is giving way to a tentative sense of relief that I’m actually able to… adapt. At almost 50, it’s somewhat daunting to have to make such drastic changes in lifestyle. I suddenly have more sympathy for [...]
A day of encounters
Oct 4th, 2009 Posted in France, General, Personal | 2 comments »
Today I met four people I didn’t know yesterday, and am very happy for it indeed.
But let me preface this by saying that last night I read the first pages of a book by Neale Donald Walsch (of “Conversations With God” fame) called… “When Everything Changes, Change Everything.” In this book, he offers exercises – [...]
Idle Days are Over
Sep 10th, 2009 Posted in General, News, Personal, USA | 2 comments »
I’ve been here in Maine for several weeks and have spent most of my time being determinedly on vacation. From just about everything. I’ve been eating, drinking, playing, sleeping, watching TV, sleeping, eating, drinking, playing… and that’s about all. And yet as I sat down to write this, I realized that I could spend hours [...]
Playing Scrabble with God
Sep 7th, 2009 Posted in General, Personal, USA | 4 comments »
This morning I played Scrabble with God.
Yeah, I know, you’ll probably find me either sacrilegious or crazy… but I don’t have another explanation. I had just sat myself down by the stove, where I turned on the fan so that I could enjoy my first cigarette and cup of coffee of the day – jump-starting [...]
Foreshadowing
Aug 11th, 2009 Posted in Cambodia, General, Personal, USA | one comment »An odd occurrence… I came across a website which had taken a quote from my blog… of ALL quotes, oh my!
“Accidents occur mostly because of the stupid, macho attitude of Lexus drivers and oversized vehicles who think they own the road… But if you piddle along like you should, you’re pretty safe.”
This is an excerpt [...]






