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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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Back at That Time of Year Again: Thoughts on “the Longest Day in the World”

Back at That Time of Year Again: Thoughts on “the Longest Day in the World”

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  It has become an annual ritual, on the Summer Solstice, that I repost this piece. It initially appeared six years ago, on June 21, 2017, the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. I originally posted the piece on FJY.US, my non-fiction blog, and subsequently it became an annual event to post it each year on June 21. Three years ago I began posting it on this blog. It now appears on both blogs and on my Substack, Issues That…

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A Grey November Afternoon

A Grey November Afternoon

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The afternoon was grey in that penetrating, depressive sort of way that November afternoons in New Jersey can be, and if you’ve ever been in New Jersey on one of those November afternoons you know the kind of grey I’m talking about. Well, that’s the kind of grey that November afternoon was, and we were let out of school early that particular Friday since that night was our school’s Military Ball, the big social event of the year. You got…

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That Time of Year Again: Thoughts on “the Longest Day in the World”

That Time of Year Again: Thoughts on “the Longest Day in the World”

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This piece initially appeared five years ago, on June 21, 2017, the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. I originally posted this piece on my non-fiction blog, fjy.us, and it became an annual event to post it each year on June 21. Two years ago I began posting it here, and this year it will appear on both blogs and on my Substack, Issues That Matter. Today, June 21, 2022, it is once more the Summer Solstice, and the actual…

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