Sunshine is Contagious

Sunshine is contagious. It starts in the sky, lights up the whole world, drifts lightly to the broken souls on earth…

Pandesal

Pandesal: a light crusty bread that melts in your mouth if it is fresh but becomes harder than a rock if it cools down.

Campinas Brazil

Malibu Hotel Inn, Campinas, Brazil.

A white walled, glassed-in hotel tower sat wedged between gray crumbling concrete walls of mere existence. Inside, behind a white desk atop a white floor that reflected florescent lights, stood a short man with his arms crossed behind…

Cuba

Cuba

I have four walls, a bed, and a little lamp that shocks me when I try to flip the switch. The walls are concrete…

Being an Outsider

The guest house building was surrounded by an eight foot concrete wall topped with barbed wire and broken glass. To get in or…

Visit Luxembourg

My favorite places to see while in Luxembourg.

Jelgava , Latvia

Sun glanced mellowly over the white walls and the red tinted back drop, and the cool AC air drifted lightly over the white sheets. I sat alone, weary, on a king bed, in Riga, Latvia, and I realized what I have always known — I like to be alone. Especially in countries where I cannot speak the…

Longgang District, Shenzhen, Mainland China

We drove a black BMW down crowded highways in the outskirts of Shenzhen from Phingshan to Lungon. We took an exit off the highway and turned into the sun. The Roadsigns and street posts were littered with cameras but didn’t stop little electric…

Moncton

Moncton New Brunswick, right at the edge of the ocean. Quaint and full of snow and small pointy topped houses. There is as much French as English. People gather in hoards in darkly lit holes in the wall join in laughter and music and hide from the overcast sky.

Power and Cities

Power does not drift lightly from the skies, nor fall softly on the weak shoulders of eager men. Power grasps at two types of people — one for the folly of men, and the other for the bond between humanity. The driven and selfish men, the ones with straight backs, pride on their shoulders, and…