Monthly Archives: April 2018

HIPPIE BEACH BUMS by Peter Nolan Smith

Every evening the breeze off the Pacific wreathed the coastal towns north of San Diego in a thin mist. The July mist wreathed the towns north of San Diego and a clear dew clung to the flowers well through the morning. Some time before noon the sun pierced the overcast and its rays evaporated the […]

Bird’s Nest

The Chinese delicacy ‘bird’s nest soup’ is derived from the bird’s nest constructed with the saliva of swifts. The cost of such a delicacy can cost between $30-10,000US per kilo. I’ve never had a bowl of such soup, however Mam called my hairdo a bird’s nest or lan-nok last week. I hadn’t cut my hair […]

I Love Hippie Girls

They set me to CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’. Or THE MOD SQUAD Famous groupie models.

A STEP INTO TOMORROW by Peter Nolan Smith

Back in the 1970s crime and arson had depopulated the Lower East Side. Rebellious young white people fled their suburban hometowns to find freedom in the East Village. I escaped Boston in a stolen car and my hillbilly girlfriend joined me from West Virginia in Spring of 1977. Her best friend, was another scrawny brunette […]

Fast Talking

L Back in 2010 I rented a car from Uan at Buffalo Bar for the drive north to visit my wife and daughter. At Chonburi I decided to cut through Bangkok instead of wrapping around the megatropolis on the outer ring. The cityscape was clear under a peerless sky. Traffic was minimal. The direct route […]