Taking offense at the ticket price posted at the front entrance to the Potala Palace — it was 100 yuan (about $12), almost twice what I had paid to see Beijing’s Forbidden City — I turned to Plan B. Plan B was not very complicated. I would simply walk a circle around the palace and […]
Meeting One’s Past In Some Bend In The Road
After World War I, while stationed in what is now Pakistan, T.E. Lawrence wrote to a friend back home, “I do not want to meet my past, round some future turn in the road.” Lawrence, better known by many as Lawrence of Arabia, didn’t much care for his past; he certainly didn’t want to be […]
Empty Dorm Beds
Funny, how even six empty beds in a dorm room, filled the night before with people who said hello and meant it, can leave one with a cavernous hollowness. Across the globe — and across the heart that dwells on the globe, beating in rooms and with people — there are myriad forms of pain. […]
Views From The Window On Qatar Airways Flight 740
Qatar Airways flight 740, direct from Los Angeles to Doha, reminded me all over again what I love about flying long distance, especially with an ethnically diverse group of passengers and crew, and with mostly clear skies. During 15.5 hours of looking out the window, I saw the Santa Monica Pier, the cities of Twin […]
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