Monthly Archives: May 2023

FORT GREENE PARK SLUMBER

May 26, 2023 – 11:10 am

Laying on one of Fort Greene’s Shady Groves The afternoon Not quiet Hammering from a construction site, Sirens, The rumble of Brooklyn A mumbled conversation of two young women The chirp of two grakels a distant dump truck dropping its load. Another conversation High-pitched. I can make out phrases The two young people are not […]

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May 9 1990 – Kathmandu – Nepal – Journal Entry

May 25, 2023 – 11:57 am

Kathmandu is a magical city. I stumbled on a procession for the Kumari, the living goddess, in Thamel. These young girls are chosen from the Newari tribe to serve as living vessel for the Hindu goddess Durga until menstruation. The word Kumari means ‘virgin’ in Nepali. They are revered for their purity, but soldiers disrupted […]

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30,000 Feet over Burma – May 5, 1990 – Journal Entry

May 24, 2023 – 9:10 pm

A taxi ride from the Malaysia Hotel to the Bangkok Airport. I know I want to live in Thailand or at least stay here next winter into the summer. I am done with New York, although that city is not done with me. I spoke with Rick Temerian on the Direct USA Phone> We made […]

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Boston Celtics Forever 2023

May 24, 2023 – 8:28 pm

I am a diehard fan and I am extremely grateful for this past season when they gave in my darkest days and night another reason to live Forever green The 2022-23 Celtics squad is the 150th NBA team to fall into an 0-3 deficit in a playoff series. The first 149 teams all lost their […]

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South From Tibet 1995

May 24, 2023 – 8:22 pm

At the bottom of this road was the route to the holy mountain of Khailash I had stood at the t-bone intersection hitchhiking a ride to Nepal to the South over the Himalayas. I couldn’t have been happier in such desolation whereas I freak out in airports. Safe and sound from the elements. A Tibetan […]

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