Day: July 3, 2013

Homeless

Syd and I returned after the appointed time to check into our room. No luck. By the time we were finally admitted it was after noon, too late for my prescribed nap. Remind me next time I travel halfway around the world: book a room in a fancy hotel that will admit you when you arrive. Six hours is a long time to kill when you’re wiped out in a place you don’t know. The […]

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Wherever You Go, There You Are

…the title of a Buddhist book, and also what is going through my mind as I sit in The Williamsons Cafe killing time till I can check into my lodging. As I gaze longingly at the shelves of baked goods, the same old demons are bursting out of hiding from between the banana loaf, the chocolate lamington, and the ginger crunch caramel cake. “You thought you could leave us behind by running to the other […]

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