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The Tao of the Koh’s
I loved Koh Tao. The pace, the natural beauty, the snorkeling, the size of the island, the odd assortment of people. It was a true tourist paradise. I thought I would have a reprieve from going out after my boys went off to Phuket, but that is not the Koh Tao way. I have rarely Continue reading
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Weekend Update (Jan 8, 2023
Hello from Koh Tao; My New Favorite Island A week has passed. I tried not to stress myself to be productive. My second day I met two young Canadian guys and we became fast friends. I’ve joined them for their beginning itinerary, an island hopping journey down to the full moon party; a bucket list Continue reading
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Back to a Beginning (Dec 28, 2022)
10 years ago today, I forgot my passport. This has happened to me a few too many times. After three months in Central and South America, I went home for the holidays with the plans of backpacking through Southeast Asia and doing some Muay Thai. I was supposed to land the day before New Years Continue reading
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the escape artist (early 2013)
The escape artist was practicing his disappearing act in his head, slightly distracted by the heat of his room, even more distracted when the fan turned to send its chill. He could relate this infrequency with the air to his own nature. In one idle state of being, usually pressed in by some warm force Continue reading
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-Letter From A Stranger (fiction)
I used to look forward to going there every day. It used to make me feel…important. Like I was a recognizable and necessary player in this vital game we call “business”. I thought, maybe, if I worked hard and smiled at the right people, kept my handshake good and firm, I could steadily climb hand over Continue reading
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Anthony and Me: Puerto Rico Condensed
Anthony and I met in Bangkok. We played a drinking game with a group and then piled into a cab together. We talked about A$AP Rocky and he tried to call “dibs” on the hostel worker as she climbed onto my lap and kissed me. We liked each other immediately. When I made it to Continue reading
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The travelogue: Part I (2012)
I had been home from Israel for 2 weeks. Taglit was exhaustingly illuminating. I immediately wanted to go back to Tel Aviv, sort of wished I had saved this trip for a time in my life where I was feeling better, could have been more confident, more social, more outgoing. Better. The end of the Continue reading
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Late Nights, Early Flights (2014)
I never sleep well before I travel somewhere. Doesn’t matter how far I’m going, a creeping anxiousness comes between me and my blankets as I try to get well rested before sitting on a plane. I’m done living in Lauderdale. Tomorrow I’m flying to Puerto Rico with my British friend. I don’t know how long Continue reading
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Fragility
I like watching Kung Fu movies. You focus heavily on the humanity and movements of one character while everyone else-excepting a few skilled oppositional characters-are just pawns to be broken. I watched Kill Bill and thought about death, how such a nuanced art form of heavily complex movement yields to one (or one hundred) player’s Continue reading
About Me
Tethered to Cincinnati but interested in the world.
Maxwell's Lost Again 