Castaway on a Hostile Shore

November 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment


I’m still drifting through Central American memories, looking at my life 10 short years ago…

The present has rippled and the past intervened. It’s leaking through the walls of this cold northern room, and all those feelings are coming back with it.

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Pushing Through My Safe Ideas

November 17, 2010 by 2 Comments

My recent visit to Panama City has left me drifting 10 years in the past…

I’d like to share with you a reading of something I wrote at that time. It was my first real trip. I was alone and disoriented, in a place where I didn’t speak the language. I didn’t really know why I was there or what I should do. I only knew I had to go.

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Vagabond Dreams Outtakes #17—Journey’s End

May 3, 2010 by 2 Comments

 

Vagabond Dreams Outtakes are “deleted scenes” from my book. Think of them as a “Special Features” disc of outtakes and curios. This incident took place in Belize…

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Contaminated Alibis

March 25, 2010 by Leave a Comment

 

Vagabond Dreams Outtakes are “deleted scenes” from my book. Think of them as a “Special Features” disc for a DVD yet to be invented. This incident took place in Bluefields, Nicaragua, on the Mosquito Coast, exactly 10 years ago…

 

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Vagabond Dreams Outtakes #16—And I Was Just a Stranger There

March 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Vagabond Dreams Outtakes are “deleted scenes” from my book. Think of them as a “Special Features” disc of outtakes and curios. This incident took place in Panama’s Darien Gap…

 

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Vagabond Dreams Outtakes 15—Waiting Tasted Blue

January 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment

 

Vagabond Dreams Outtakes are “deleted scenes” from my book. Think of them as a “Special Features” disc of outtakes and curios. This incident took place in the Petén region of Guatemala…

 

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A North Korean Field Trip

October 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment

 

This is the fourth in a multi-part blog on North Korea. You can find the others here

One day I took an overnight trip from the capital of Pyongyang. A field trip of sorts. It was the only time we were permitted to sleep someplace other than our hotel, locked down on an island in the city.

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Vagabond Dreams Outtakes 14—They Only Want Your Loot

August 13, 2009 by 1 Comment

Vagabond Dreams Outtakes are “deleted scenes” from my book. Think of them as a “Special Features” disc of outtakes and curios. This incident took place in the Peten region of Guatemala…


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Vagabond Dreams Outtakes 13—Tearing The Veils From History

July 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment

 

Vagabond Dreams Outtakes are “deleted scenes” from my book. Think of them as a “Special Features” disc of outtakes and curios. This incident took place in the Peten region of Guatemala…

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Something Eating Up My Days

July 22, 2009 by 7 Comments

Things have been busy in Murdland, and blogs have been scarce… This will be an update rather than the usual traveler’s tale. Not a lame excuse for neglecting you, not a mea culpa, just a simple update with some links that you may enjoy checking out.

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