travel
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Intermittent interims
The daydream planning of a possible trip is in many ways more fun than any trip’s reality. It is an exercise in possibility, the way you hope travel can be, but daydreams are infinite and our actions are, sadly and presently, singular. I like to scour websites like workaway and think about what might happen Continue reading
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Observations on a Train
We will have to jump to this point in the story of my life, and I hope it can be a prelude to a coming piece. I had spent too much time in Paris. I arrived, met a friend and another, left quickly to celebrate Queen’s Day in Amsterdam, then returned to bid my friends Continue reading
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Movements part I
I saw Astrid swat a fly dead then fail to find it after sweeping it away, continually looking, confused at the disappearance. Her sureness of having killed it faded as a new fly appeared. From my vantage point, I knew it was merely a new fly, flies being a plentiful pest. She regarded it as Continue reading
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Choosing through musings
I left for the airport, intentionally leaving my umbrella behind, and it began to rain. I’ve great respect for whoever said “when it rains, it pours”. Nail on the head, nail on the head. My cabbie is running out of gas. I’m struggling to poeticize this now, but that’s life. I’m still smiling, and the Continue reading
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Costa Rica-Colombia
Costa Rica has been in many ways fun and interesting, but upon finding out that my mother would like me home for Thanksgiving (I initally planned to be gone through December) I’ve decided that I don’t have the time to see the whole country. My interest really lies down on the South American continent. I’ve Continue reading
About Me
Tethered to Cincinnati but interested in the world.
Maxwell's Lost Again 