Places I Have Lived

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Born in El Paso. Lived in Las Cruces (New Mexico), Los Angeles, Livorno (Italy), Trieste (Italy), Fort Benning (Georgia), Oakland, Texarkana (Texas) Camp Stanley (Texas), Maintz (Germany), Landstuhl (Germany), Stuttgart (Germany), San Francisco (The Presidio), Paradise (California), Marysville (California), Auburn (California), Great Lakes (Illinois), Philadelphia, Runnemeade (N.J.), Key West (Florida), Moorhead [...]

Rural Thai Barber Shop

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Why?

Damned if I know why I do this. Blog I mean. It’s kind of a personal thing and I expect that we mostly do it for ourselves. At least that’s the way I start out whenever I start writing on a blog site.
After a spell though, I get kinda, well agitated, not angry mind you. [...]

Nearly Everything

When I returned to the USA after living in Thailand for 15 years, I had my son with me. That was what mattered the most.
I had essentially nothing in terms of material possessions or finances. After a awhile, I found myself on welfare. I had completed the fall.
For the first nine months I was in [...]

Forever Near

It doesn’t seem like all that long ago that I lived in a small town in Northeast Thailand. I think about it everyday. The joy, the changes and the heartbreak.
For awhile I lived in a virtual rathole. One of my own doing. Besides the literal rats, the place was filthy and spiderwebs were everywhere. I [...]

Superbowl

I have been a Giants fan since the San Francisco 49ers traded my favorite player, Y.A. Tittle, to the Giants when I was a boy.
I have always liked each and every Giant, but of course, have had favorites. I supported Eli Manning and rooted for him to improve. I am extremely happy he did that, [...]

Return to the USA

In 1992 at the age of 46 I set off on an adventure. I got rid of all of my worldly possessions except what I could fit in a backpack and moved to Thailand. Eventually I made a life for myself there. Fell in Love. Started a little family. Ended up in a small market [...]