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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
Cadenza 06/06/06: “On the meridian of time there is no justice, only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and justice”— H. Miller Outside it’s raining. Beads of water form on the window in front of me. The glow of …; Paris Hostel – Paris, France • Topics: Axis Wobbles, Europe, Film, Goodbyes, Proust, Round The World Trip 4 comments on Cadenza
I Don't Sleep I Dream 05/28/06: Once you pass through the odd and oversized foyer, which feels like a half finished storefront for H&M or the like, stairs lead up to the first floor. There are essentially only two rooms that bear any resemblance to what …; Hotel, Vienna – Vienna, Austria • Topics: Art, Artists, Dreams, Europe, History, Museum, Round The World Trip, War
Unreflected 05/27/06: I haven’t written much about the actual traveling lately, chiefly because it’s been by automobile which just isn’t very interesting and for some reason seems to put me to sleep, which it never used to do. Before this trip I …; Hotel, Vienna – Vienna, Austria • Topics: Art, Artists, Beauty, Europe, Museum, Round The World Trip 3 comments on Unreflected
Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds 05/26/06: “He tried to gather up and hold the phrase or harmony… that was passing by him and that opened his soul so much wider, the way the smells of certain roses circulating in the damp evening air have the property …; Prague – Prague, Czech Republic • Topics: Architecture, Death, Europe, Holocaust, Human Rights, Memory, Round The World Trip, War 2 comments on Four Minutes Thirty-Three Seconds
Inside and Out 05/25/06: Cesky Krumlov is a small Czech town nestled on a dramatic bend in the Vltava River. Like any European city worth its salt, it has a dramatic castle on a hill and all the trappings of the once glorious feudal …; Cesky Krumlov – Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic • Topics: Art, Artists, Beauty, Europe, Museum, Round The World Trip
The King of Carrot Flowers Part Two 05/22/06: The chief attraction of Bled Slovenia is the sweeping panorama of the Julian Alps which lie just beyond its doorstep, which in this case is a lake ringed with castles, monasteries atop crags and palatial hotels that once played host …; Hotel, Bled – Bled, Slovenia • Topics: Butterflies, Children, Europe, Flowers, Memory, Mountains, Round The World Trip, War 2 comments on The King of Carrot Flowers Part Two
Ghost 05/19/06: From Dubrovnik we returned north toward Slovenia, stopping along the way to spend one night in the peaceful, almost backwater, Croatia fishing village of Trogir. Like Dubrovnik, Trogir was a walled city of roughly Venetian vintage, but Trogir’s wall has …; Downtown Ljubljana – Ljubljana, Slovenia • Topics: Archaeology, Europe, Ghosts, Memory, Round The World Trip, Writing 4 comments on Ghost
Feel Good Lost 05/17/06: From Lake Plivtice we drove west over the coastal mountains and down to the Dalmatian seaside where the highway hugs the shore and fantastic views of the Adriatic Sea and nearby islands come rolling around with every point and harbor …; Hotel Dubrovnik – Dubrovnik, Croatia • Topics: Americans, Beach, Europe, Home, Round The World Trip, War
Blue Milk 05/15/06: It’s hard to understand, standing on the banks of such crystalline, cerulean lakes, whose dazzling colors come from the mineral rich silt runoff of glaciers, that the largest European conflict since world war two began here, at Like Plitvice Croatia. …; Lake Plitvice – Lake Plitvice, Croatia • Topics: Europe, Karst, Lakes, Mountains, Nature, River, Round The World Trip, War, Waterfalls
Refracted Light and Grace 05/10/06: My first impressions of central Europe were from the plane coming in low over Budapest where I noted that the typical Soviet architectural blights. Every colonizing country seems to leave behind some token of itself, a scent, not unlike a …; Budapest Marriot – Budapest, Hungary • Topics: Architecture, Europe, Holocaust, Monument, Negative Space, Round The World Trip 2 comments on Refracted Light and Grace
London Calling 05/09/06: “Why are you choosing to visit your friend now?” (shrug) (smile) “How much money are you bringing in?” “Money? On me? None. I was planning to use that ATM behind you.” “Do you have any bank statements showing how much …; Thet's House – London, United Kingdom • Topics: Americans, Art, Artists, Culture, Europe, Round The World Trip, Shakespeare 2 comments on London Calling
Closing Time 04/30/06: After spending the better part of the day running about Trang, from the customs house to immigration and then Tesco and other warehouse stores for Wally’s supplies, I was dropped off near the train station. I had been feeling a …; Moving Train – Ko Kradan, Thailand • Topics: Asia, Goodbyes, Round The World Trip, Trains 6 comments on Closing Time
Beginning of the End 04/21/06: I will confess to being a bit melancholy on the ferry from Ko Phi Phi to Ko Lanta. It was slowly beginning to sink in that my trip was nearly over, the money nearly gone and coming home no longer …; Ko Kradan – Ko Kradan, Thailand • Topics: Asia, Boats, Friends, Islands, Round The World Trip
Going Down South 04/10/06: Matt and I spent one day by ourselves in Sinoukville and though we never spoke of it I thought it was pretty appropriate that when we went back to the beach shack with the good food they were closed. When …; Resort Koh Phi Phi – Koh Phi Phi, Thailand • Topics: Asia, Boats, Friends, Goodbyes, Islands, Round The World Trip