and so i begin again.
starting in boston last thursday.

two harvard boys running a shop that looked more like a garage sale sold me a magnet yesterday.
they thought i was french.
i told them i wasn't.
then they looked at me intensely... like maybe they could spot my stamp of origin if they just looked a little harder.
silly boys.
they looked japanese, but i didn't ask where they were from.
i asked where they were going.
they said harvard.
no, i don't need a bag i said, and left.
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Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Sierra Leone, Algiers, Tunisia, Egypt, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya, Ethiopia, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Denmark, England, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Panama, Australia, Indonesia, here and there around the USA, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain. and next on my list of yet to be seen places are: India, Mongolia, Bosnia, Kalimantan, and the one I gave up for Tree... Antarctic... read more

A BOAT, beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July;

Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Pleased a simple tale to hear;—

Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die,
Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantom-wise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.

Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near. ... read more

Leaving "here" November 1 to:
Boston
UK
Belgium
Holland
UK
then................
Port Blair!!!!!!!!!!! (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) yee haw!
Perth (for Al and Natalia's wedding)
Brisbane, where i expect all of you to come and steal away with me to the reefs, no city for too long please.