Trip: Walking Pilgrimage Across France
There are [6] stories from my trip: Walking Pilgrimage Across France
FRANCE | Friday, 3 Nov 2006 | Views [1465]
Popes, priests and prophets have their methods. Merchants, and those who buy
from them, name it in terms of this or that currency. But the value and
blessing upon any object, for me, cannot be determined by karat,
weight, age, dollar or any element ... Read more >
Tags: blessing, france, friends
FRANCE | Friday, 3 Nov 2006 | Views [1459]
pinched but not popped
Journal Entry Condom, France (How unfortunate to have a contraceptive device named after your city!) Mid-October Four
days ago, my brother (by blood) and my sister (by marriage) jumped off
a two-car train and ... Read more >
Tags: condom, family, france
FRANCE | Thursday, 19 Oct 2006 | Views [1336]
Once upon a time, in the Caribbean waters on the coast of Honduras, where the water and sky constantly compete in an indiscernible photo finish for the definition of turquoise, I was working as a divemaster with a Swiss and an Australian boy. One ... Read more >
Tags: animals, france, tinkerbell
FRANCE | Wednesday, 27 Sep 2006 | Views [1273]
I try to hunch into the longer shadows cast by the spotlight. Then I try turning around and searching for some speaker or spectacle that might give me more shade. I quickly realize that all my efforts to remain anonymous are about to abandon me when, ... Read more >
Tags: france, on the road
FRANCE | Monday, 18 Sep 2006 | Views [1457]
So for the record, I am now officially giving exact change, correctly ordering vegetarian food, and making it three or (sometimes!) even four sentences deep into conversations. It’s probably not particularly exciting for anyone else, but these are ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
FRANCE | Saturday, 16 Sep 2006 | Views [1377]
And although my French is shy, awkward and stuttering, Paris is as
smooth, soft and sexy as the voice of a French lover. The problem,
really, with my French, is that I know just enough to start any
conversation, but can’t comprehend enough to respond ... Read more >
Tags: airports
