Jan
02
This Sludgy Maze of Perspectives
In the end, what actually matters when we consider how quickly we are ripped from this world?
How soon this
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Odd Ends:
Articles, reflections, poems, and travel tales of the weird and wonderful.
Dec
27
Travel As Far As You Can
My advice to people in their 20s is always this: TRAVEL.
Travel as far as you can.
For some, that
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Dec
27
Kingfishers and Keats
Joe was a pirate.
It felt like he'd stumbled straight out of a Dumas novel. Fully formed and
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Dec
15
We're Visitors Here
We're visitors here.
Guests passing through this flicker of experience between two unfathomable doors.
This should humble us.
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Dec
09
Life is Not Meant To be Serious
We have been duped by the idea that living must be serious.
Duped by a picture of existence that posits
4 min read
Dec
05
Tangier: Ode to Moroccan Kif
Ah, Tangier.
Morocco's seedy, bohemian wonderland.
Originating as a Phoenician trading port, the Greeks claimed the city was
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Dec
05
The عاهل of Luxor
We never saw his eyes, yet he was the self-acclaimed king (el-malik; الملك) of Luxor, and by the end of
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Dec
04
The Gift of Travel
Travel is certainly a privilege.
Anyone who espouses the opposite is deluded by their own and not worth listening to.
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Nov
23
Trust in the Mystery
We are surrounded by unpredictability.
We suffer under the illusion that we can control our lives when, in reality, all
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Nov
20
The Sacred in the Mundane
I've been reflecting lately on the nature of human thresholds for sacredness, inspired greatly by the work of
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