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Wherever You Go, There You Are: My Voyage of Rediscovery Continues

Wherever You Go, There You Are: My Voyage of Rediscovery Continues

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If you haven’t already, read the first installment in this ongoing journal. It will bring you up to speed on what this is about. It has been a full week today (Saturday) since I left home on what I’m calling my voyage of rediscovery, and six full days that I’ve been in Colombia, the first country on my planned 10-country Odyssey. The first few days I was in Cartagena, and now I’m in Santa Marta, easterly along the country’s Caribbean…

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My Voyage of Rediscovery Has Begun

My Voyage of Rediscovery Has Begun

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I am writing this post from Cartagena, Colombia, where I am now nearing the end of my second full day, third day overall, of my voyage of rediscovery. This is the first stop on a trip that will take me to 10 countries, passing through another seven along the way. Phileas Fogg, in the Jules Verne novel, went around the world in 80 days. I anticipate doing it in 76, though I don’t have any big wager waiting for me…

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It’s 4:20 Somewhere

It’s 4:20 Somewhere

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“Of course I know how to roll a joint.” – Martha Stewart “That is not a drug, it’s a leaf.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger “When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point.” – Barack Obama “People say you can abuse marijuana. Well shit, you can abuse cheeseburgers too, you know? You don‘t go around closing Burger King because you can abuse something.” – Joe Rogan “Alcohol and marijuana, if used in moderation, plus loud, usually low-class music, make stress and…

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Rusted Ship - Que Sera, Sera
Three Words to Live By

Three Words to Live By

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When I lived in Key West in the late ’70s, early ’80s, a well known local contractor, whose name now eludes me (a fraction of a brain cell thinks his first name was Carl, but I have zero-percent confidence in that), was busted at sea in the Gulf of Mexico smuggling some large quantity of marijuana from the Yucatan. When the Coast Guard boarded his boat and arrested him, he had just three words to say, which were quoted in…

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Why I’m Parting Ways With NaNoWriMo

Why I’m Parting Ways With NaNoWriMo

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Re: With you in solidarity. To tim_kim@nanowrimo.org on 2020-06-03 10:21 pm   Hello, I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo in the past, but with this message you lose me. Part of writing and creativity is an adherence to truth and at least some touch with reality. This message and what it contains is such utter drivel and woke jive, and so far from either truth or reality, that I can no longer associate with an organization that promotes it. If it makes…

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