my humble ode to AllenSomeone on my Facebook newsfeed posted a picture of Allen Ginsberg standing in the snow without a shirt on just a bit ago.Dec 27, 2020Dec 27, 2020
David Crosby and the Biblical Life …Two and a half years ago, the first time I came to Israel, I found out that, by chance, I was visiting the Jewish state during its most…Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
the trouble with Bethlehem, and John Lennon becomes common again …Bethlehem borders Jerusalem. There is a strict separation — a wall actually — between the two. Bethlehem is governed by Palestine. It’s…Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
Nogales Rain …Occasionally my work takes me down to the cities along the border between the US and Mexico.Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
letter from seaside …Greetings from sunny Tel Aviv. This place has worked its way to the top of my list of best spots on earth. There’s just something…Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
“Everybody has their sins. The question is, how do you wear them?”Those are the words of the mighty Bruce Springsteen. How do you wear your sins?Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
thoughts from Kabul …I spent most of the past week in Kabul, Afghanistan … which was, as you might imagine, a fascinating, eye-opening … nerve-wracking ……Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
El Paso / Ciudad Juarez 2014 …It’s been at least ten years since I was in this alternate-reality part of the world. We’re deep in a desert. There’s sparse plant life…Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
Hypothermia and the Master Plan of the UniverseI love the stories Eddie Vedder tells from the stage. Yesterday on Sirius’ Pearl Jam Radio he went on about cracks in Chinese vases and how…Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
Pilgrimage (part 2) …Yesterday Chris and I visited a place named Fátima in central Portugal. You gotta figure that the town of Fátima has been around for at…Jan 3, 2016Jan 3, 2016
