Not knowing what a “hipster” is so 2011 Just to be clear, by hip I mean “hipster” and by “hipster” I mean that positively and do not mean to get into existential debate about what that word means. Not knowing what “hipster” means is so 2011. Hipster means you are in your 20s or 30s,…
“I will kill and eat a puffin” I said, joking, until I realized, maybe, I was seriously contemplating it . . I was traveling with three Canadians (which means I was being apologized to quite frequently despite never being wronged) and they informed me that in Iceland people routinely catch and eat puffins. I’m sorry…
Distance used to separate us entirely. Historically, a tract of three thousand miles was once a wall that only the thoughts of our minds could cross. Our bodies, it’s true, are still restricted by our geography, but our hearts, minds and melodies have been set free enough to sing in harmony. Last night Steffe, Shaun…
New York could have been San Francisco. It was almost Portland, and there was a possibility it was going to be Minneapolis. At the time there was also a barely articulated inkling that I should buy a one-way ticket to Asia. Timing is always everything. When we listen closely to that inner voice that…
Come gather round. Wherever you roam. Admit it: The waters around you have grown. Keep your eyes wide. The chance won’t come again. Come mothers and fathers throughout the land. Don’t criticuze what you can’t understand. Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly again’. Please get out of the new on…
Originally Published in GoMadNomad July 2012 My little brother and I met Leroy in New Orleans on a corner just off Bourbon Street. By that time our busking duo had swelled to include Cass, A Brit touring the USA to “prove that not all Americans were stupid,” three local street musicians, and a bearded man in…
So I just learned today, that I live with a robot. As I sat writing away, my roommate began piling up all the furniture on the table. I didn’t ask why. If he wanted to pile up all the furniture on the table, that was his own bussiness. Then he left. Then, I started to…
