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Little Island in the Sun 04/05/08

From San Juan Del Sur we caught a cab back to Rivas (much faster driver this time), then a bus to Managua, switched to another bus out to the airport, then hopped a plane to Bluefields and then on to …

Carlito's Sunrise Paradise Guesthouse – Little Corn Island, Nicaragua • Topics: Beach, Nicaragua

Return to the Sea 04/02/08

Rivas was hot, dusty and filled with touts clamoring to shove you a cab bound for just about anywhere but Rivas itself. Not being the sort of tourists that like to disappoint a determined tout, we ended up in one …

San Juan Del Sur – San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua • Topics: Beach, Nicaragua, Sunsets

Ring The Bells 03/30/08

We landed in Managua about eight in the evening, walked outside the airport and smoked a cigarette (I know, terrible, I started smoking again), surveying the taxi drivers all clamoring for jacked up fares from the new arrivals. Eventually we …

Parque Colon – Granada, Nicaragua • Topics: Architecture, Church, Granada, Nicaragua

Once Upon a School 03/18/08

Dave Eggers gave a fantastic talk at this year’s TED conference about his 826 Valencia project, an after-school reading/writing program, which, as you may recall, my friend Lee volunteers at. But the real point of Eggers’ talk was to show …

Cloverhurst – Athens, Georgia • Topics: Charity, Children

A Lost Theory 01/31/08

Since tonight is the season premiere of Lost I’d like offer a small theory I haven’t seen elsewhere. As fans of the show know, Lost is full of mysteries and one of the mysteries is who is on the boat …

Cloverhurst – Athens, Georgia • Topics: Lost, Television, Theories

New Year's Day 01/01/08

I have at various times been accused of harboring a certain amount of cynicism (or realism, depending on the point of view of the person leveling such accusations), something I continue to deny. However, there are a few notable moments …

Cloverhurst – Athens, Georgia • Topics: Holidays, Photos 1 comment on New Year's Day

Merry Christmas 12/25/07

Merry Christmas my internet friends and a happy holiday season to those that celebrate other holidays. I’m spending my Christmas in a place where people string lights around Saguaro cacti, which somehow doesn’t put me in much of a Christmas …

foothills condo – Tucson, Arizona • Topics: Holidays 2 comments on Merry Christmas

Fall 11/14/07

The trees are in full technicolor swing. The land is slowly dying, and not just because it’s Fall [1], we’re also in the middle of a prolonged drought — this year being one of the worst — but this year …

Cloverhurst – Athens, Georgia • Topics: Autumn, Fall, Nature

On The Other Ocean 07/23/07

Consider for a moment if your house were tilted 30 degrees to the left. Imagine how this would complicate seemingly ordinary activities — like say walking. Now throw in a bouncing motion that lifts the floor five or six feet …

White's Cove – Catalina Island, California • Topics: Nature, Sailing

Being There 06/17/07

Myrtle Beach does not exist. Myrtle Beach is in fact a copy of a place that does not exist. Nearly everything in Myrtle Beach is a paltry derivative of some original form. For instance, most of the country has golf …

Heather's House – Brooklyn, New York • Topics: Airports, Americans, Beach, Philosophy, Tourism, Travel

Sailing Through 06/14/07

It was the middle of the afternoon, we having settled in to watch a bit of the Blues Brothers — afternoon films being my favorite form of procrastination — when, just after Belushi remarks that the modern American mall “has …

Corrinne's Apartment – Charleston, South Carolina • Topics: Beach, Charleston, Clouds, Sailing, Storms 2 comments on Sailing Through

Goodbye to the Mother and the Cove 03/01/07

Earlier today I was driving up Santa Monica Blvd, stuck in traffic actually, more like parked on Santa Monica Blvd, staring up a very strange cloud that had been hanging over the west side all afternoon looking a bit like …

Dover Drive – Newport Beach, California • Topics: Clouds, Friends, Goodbyes 1 comment on Goodbye to the Mother and the Cove

Everything All The Time 02/03/07

“We’ll collect the moments one by oneI guess that’s how the future’s done” — Leslie Fiest A while back a friend of mine who I hadn’t spoken to in quite a while rang me up. At some point we got …

Dover Drive – Newport Beach, California • Topics: Beauty, Culture, Friends, Memory, Reflecting 4 comments on Everything All The Time

Catologue Raisonne 01/31/07

Jeffrey Toobin, a legal columnist over at the New Yorker, has written a piece about Google’s book scanning project and the legal challenges it faces. In a nutshell, two lawsuits are threatening the Google Book Search project, one is from …

Dover Drive – Newport Beach, California • Topics: Books, Copyright, Writing

Terminal part two 01/13/07

The desert is a hot wind at the gas station, something passing through and to be passed through, or a sunny retreat from cold wind billowing off northern lakes or an endless playground of sunshine, golf and hotel pools. Some …

Dover Drive – Newport Beach, California • Topics: Deserts, Motion, Mountains, River, Sand, Sunsets

The Sun Came Up With No Conclusions 01/11/07

“And so it is that we, as men, do not exist until we do; and then it is that we play with our world of existent things, and order and disorder them, and so it shall be that non-existence shall …

Dover Drive – Newport Beach, California • Topics: Authors, Beauty, Culture, Eulogy, Mysticism, Philosophy

Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose 12/25/06

As I’m sure everyone has heard by now, James Brown died on Christmas day. Normally I’m not one to dwell too much on celebrity deaths, after all it’s not like I knew the man, but some people have an impact …

Dover Drive – Newport Beach, California • Topics: Artists, Bands, Beauty, Eulogy, Music, Soul

Endtroducing... 12/25/06

Happy Holidays everyone. I’m back… ya miss me? There’s a new luxagraf for your amusement, but IT’S NOT FINISHED. It has bugs, lots of them, content is missing (mostly photos), old links are broken, it’s a mess really, but eventually …

Dover Drive – Newport Beach, California • Topics: News

Terminal part one 11/26/06

“Mama says the sand massages your gums and makes them soft and then your teeth fall out and you chew them up in dreams when you’re anxious you’re anxious arencha Claire?” “Who told you I was anxious? Do you even …

Dover Drive – Newport Beach, California • Topics: Childred, Deserts, Motion, Mountains, River, Sand 1 comment on Terminal part one

Homeward 06/09/06

New York, New York. John F Kennedy airport 1 am date unknown, sleepy looking customs guard stamps a passport without hardly looking at, without even checking to see where I had been. A light drizzle is falling outside and the …

Esperanta Cafe – Manhattan, New York • Topics: Americans, Axis Wobbles, Home, Round The World Trip, Travel 4 comments on Homeward