Death on the Nile

“We are considered by your country to be a third-world country.  They say we are 100 years behind you.  Do you think … More

The Old Tree

I’m headed for St. Mary’s Cathedral. The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, as they call it in Gaelic.  I … More

Let It Snow Part III (500)

Once again my heart rate went up as I carried my Martin guitar through the gate.  They passed me along, maybe … More

Let It Snow Part II (500)

It was snowing hard in Cleveland, but they were able to land us.  My head pounded with the alcohol aftereffects from … More

Let It Snow (500)

It was an early flight, but when you’re young, you schedule those because you know it’ll be easy to get … More

And If You Ever Saw It

We are near the top of the world, Finnmark, Norway, and I’m in a van on the way to do … More

Shade (HS 147)

The people working inside look hardly savage,as the paler woman sitting sunning outsidesays to the other paler woman, both natives … More

Land of Aloha (HS 144)

It’s amazing to imagine that at one time Hawaiʻi had to be sold,a barely known collection of merely faraway map … More

Vast (HS 143)

I’m standing at the edge of the Sahara Desert,looking out upon sand and sand and sand as far as I … More

All I want

This is neon lit backstreetsbeckoning tourists to ogle belly-dancers,choose the one who will do more than simply shimmy.We arrive at … More

When You Don’t Speak the Same Language

We sip tea at a long table, waiting for another Taoist monk to speak to us. This will be the … More

New York 1972

Wow.  This is a way too much longer walkthan my sister told me it would be.Maybe I turned wrong somehow?Maybe I … More