I Quit My Job to Travel the World.
Multiple Times.

1983. It was not my first trip abroad, I’d been an exchange student and then, after I graduated high school, a kibbutz volunteer. While in Israel, I met a boy and we traveled some. When I ran out of money, I went back to the US. I worked as a stocking clerk at a cheap …


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The Peanut Butter Cookie Waffle

I’ve been wanting peanut butter cookies for a while, an odd craving, to be sure, but so it goes. I’ve also had this feeling that I should start a writer’s group, I’m not sure why, but it’s a thing writers do, and I’ve been wondering if it wouldn’t be good for me to do so …


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Postcard from Traffic Court

I got a speeding ticket for going 27 mph in a 20 zone. The fine was pretty steep, so at a friend’s recommendation, I scheduled a hearing to see if I could get it reduced. While I was waiting my turn, the guy next to me, G, a Paiute Indian (he told me so), introduced …


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Backyard, Saturday

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I’m shooting a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ60. (That’s an affiliate link. If you buy, I get something, but the price stays the same.)

This new Lumix is an upgrade from my older Lumix which is getting sluggish and behaving badly, though I loved, loved, loved shooting it this winter; I didn’t touch my Nikon. It’s a wonderful thing to be able to use a camera that shoots this kind of quality and fits in your back pocket.

Nope, I don’t work for Lumix, nope, they don’t even know I exist. But yeah, I love this thing.

 

Coffee Story in “Morning Calm”

I’m happy with the way this turned out, and the edits look like they were for fit, only. I also did not expect to be in the photos, so that’s amusing. The whole story is here, but if you’re flying Korean Airlines, you might find it in your seatback pocket.