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About Traveler

"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.”

More Musings on (Not) Writing

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Traveler

This post may not have a point to it, but that’s the point. I’ve been writing since I was a kid. Like many kids, I wrote stories — sometimes for school, sometimes just to amuse my siblings or to get … Continue reading →

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A Musing on the Writing Life and the Fit Life

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Traveler

In addition to being a Writer, I am a Fitness Enthusiast.  There are at least three obvious parallels between the disciplines of Exercise and Writing. 1. They both operate on momentum.  It is lore among some writers that Ernest Hemingway … Continue reading →

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A Stop on the Blue Train

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Traveler

One of the primary reasons for choosing South Africa as a destination was because of a long-running love affair with train travel — particularly of the “luxury” kind.  In researching a 2010 trip to Eastern Europe, I learned about South … Continue reading →

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The fields and the Falls

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Traveler

I have been back in the U.S. for a while now, since end of May 2016, from what was an uplifting, educational, and truly inspiring experience.  Two out of three of those would have been worth the resources invested in … Continue reading →

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African sky

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Traveler

I am in Africa. Arrived on Thursday. The flight (in economy) was cramped and often uncomfortable, but otherwise uneventful. One day in Jo’burgh, a large portion of which was spent sleeping off jet lag, then an evening at the hotel … Continue reading →

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The passing of Genius

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Traveler

Precisely five years ago this month, in April 2011, I attended (and wrote about, here) a personal event at a Prince concert at The Forum in Inglewood, California.  The Purple One was doing a series of concerts at the time … Continue reading →

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Next stop, South Africa

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Traveler

Johannesburg. Pretoria. Cape Town. These are the names of cities and towns I’d heard throughout the late 80s and early 90s when I was only half-listening. Mandela.  Apartheid.  De Klerk. Now, I’m going.  Fifteen days in May, including two luxury … Continue reading →

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Secret Service

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Traveler

There have been a few periods of my life when I pretended to be somebody else. The vast majority of those were during childhood and occurred exclusively in my mind or in a childhood game and lasted only hours or … Continue reading →

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I take my sorrows sober

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Traveler

All prior losses pale in comparison to this one:  Saying goodbye to a friend I have had for the past six years.  My dog. She entered my life in June 2009, a beautiful, blonde head turner. She stayed with me … Continue reading →

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Happy new year, while it’s still January

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Traveler

I hate to admit it’s been about a month since my last post, but it has.  I’ve been away from my home, staying with my mother, in the home I grew up in, for the past 25 days.  There are … Continue reading →

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