You know you're living in weird times when you look back at Cold War spy films and think "Ah, in the past things were simpler." I wanted to watch a spy film this weekend. Couldn't tell you why, exactly. Maybe because in most of them, there were these obvious threats (nuclear bombs and all that).... Continue Reading →
Naming Names
I watched a brilliant documentary last night called Je Chanterai pour Toi about the Malian musician Boubacar Traoré. It made me think a lot about Africa. When I first started traveling, I was incredibly curious to go to Timbuktu, which was a city that just seemed the epitome of far far away. When I was... Continue Reading →
The Things that Count
So I'm fifty six, and I'm trying to find my head around this fact. How did I get so old? (Easy answer, by not dying before, but it's still shocking.) I've been chugging through certain memories and feelings and realizing that they don't always make sense. In some memories, I felt one way at home... Continue Reading →
Faith
Most people immediately think of faith in God (or gods). I've realized how much our lives are based on faith, but not in a religious way at all. Take money. It used to be connected to gold (as in worth its weight in gold, or a gold standard). Gold can be used for things, other... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 