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Tag Archives: Travel
2nd Hand
Are you ready to let go of those 3rd, and 4th, and 5th hand fairy-tales, are you ready to set sail in your own ship, ready to grab hold of the pen and make it the trip that you want to … Continue reading
Let’s Go Read Rumi (Ode to Spring)
Before the vultures dine on another ancient civilization and cities become rubble lets break bread instead of bones lets cleanse our palate and feast on the food of kings and queens, lets walk through smoke screens, and sit on … Continue reading
Posted in america, Chaharshanbe Suri, fear, fire, Hafez, haiku, humanity, ignorance, Iran, life, love, mysticism, Parts Unknown, peace, Persian food, poem, Poetry, propaganda, Rumi, sufism, tanka, travel, Uncategorized, veterans, writing
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, Bahar, Chaharshanbe Suri, chemical weapons, civilization, culture, food, Hafez, haiku, Iran, Iran Iraq War, life, love, Media, mystics, New Year, news, Nowruz, Parts Unknown, Persia, Persian food, Persian rugs, poem, Poetry, Propaganda, Rumi, Spring, springtime, sufism, tanka, tea, Travel, truth, war, war tax resistance
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All The World
Sometimes the night sky is the only thing you need to see all the world.
Same Moon
When I was a kid, I used to stare up at the moon and my grandma told me that my cousins in Florida would stare up at the moon too and that it was the same moon and we were … Continue reading
Posted in apartheid, Baghdad, Bethlehem, collateral damage, death, earth, empathy, Full moon, human rights, humanity, Iraq, life, love, moon, poem, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Apartheid, Canada, connection, florida, Full moon, iraq, Japan, moon, palestine, poem, Poetry, Travel
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Life, Death, & Food
Anthony Bourdain used food as a way of introducing America to people around the world, their history and culture. He let food speak for itself, and importantly, let people speak for themselves. Bourdain’s Hawaii episode was the first time many … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, america, american dream, Anthony Bourdain, capitalism, collateral damage, death, depression, education, empathy, farming, food, Gaza, hawaii, history, human rights, humanity, Iran, Jerusalem, Libya, love, Massachusetts, palestine, Parts Unknown, poverty, refugees, suicide, travel, truth, Uncategorized, violence, war, West Bank, writing
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, death, empathy, food, Gaza, hawaii, Iran, life, palestine, Parts Unknown, suicide, Travel, truth, writing
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Sometimes
08 August 2017 Sometimes, during a long layover following a red eye flight you have to eat a soggy sandwich and try to steal a few minutes sleep surrounded by the chaos of the airport. Sometimes, during a long … Continue reading
Cranberry Sunflower-Seed Sourdough Bread
07 August 2017 I’m sitting here tonight alone at the Maui airport eating Friendly Farm’s Cranberry Sunflower Seed Sourdough Bread and I wish that you were here with me and I wish that we had butter
East v. West part 3
the flys I the ointment the eggs in the pan the cats in the cradle of uncivilized man tit for tat this and that choose to sit out the game don’t even remember when all this fear came year in … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, america, american dream, circus, empire, fear, history, human rights, Iraq, poem, Poetry, propaganda, stars, time, truth, Uncategorized, Vietnam, violence, war, writing
Tagged addiction, death, east, fear, god, hate, ignorance, love, Peace, poem, poetry, religion, Travel, truth, war, west, writing
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Rainbows And Butterflies
She brought me rainbows and butterflies to dry all those tears I was drowning in we got puppy dogs and ice cream she warmed my heart like a sunbeam and when we played scrabble she let me win … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Belgium, dancing, dreams, Europe, farm, farming, farms, Flamenco, France, Germany, hawaii, Ireland, life, memories, Molokai, Netherlands, planes, poem, Poetry, Prague, rainbow, Spain, summer, the present, time, travel, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Belgium, Butterflies, Czech Republic, farm, farming, France, Germany, hawaii, Ireland, Kafka, life, love, Molokai, Netherlands, poem, poetry, Prague, rainbows, Rhine, Spain, Travel, writing
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