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Blue Butterfly
When Marisa and I were in our mid-twenties, we took what was then a relatively inexpensive trip to Fiji and Australia. You know the kind, the package deal, 9 days airfare and hotel for something like $900. The affordability was due to it being our summer and their winter but we didn’t know any better. Continue reading
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Monsters Under the Bed
“I’m friends with the monster that’s under my bedGet along with the voices inside of my headYou’re tryin’ to save me, stop holdin’ your breathAnd you think I’m crazy, yeah, you think I’m crazy“ The Monster (song) by Eminem featuring Rihanna My dreaded annual physical awaits me as I sit on the flimsy, white-papered exam Continue reading
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Karma
I close my eyes in Pacific Beach, a scenic hamlet of San Diego, California, notorious for its laid-back surfer vibe and alcohol-fueled college bar scene. It’s my first night back in the United States in three years. At 45, I’ve temporarily moved into my mom’s upstairs studio apartment alongside her toilet paper and all the Continue reading
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Two-Hour Lunch
“Hello,” she buzzes, conspiratorially sliding into the metal seat next to me. “I’m Monique. I’m here representing a trade association, but I’m on your company’s payroll.” We’re in French-speaking Geneva nestled between the snow-capped Alps and Lac Leman, delegates at a United Nations (UN) technology meeting. “Phew,” I exhale from behind my individual microphone, removing Continue reading
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Korean Spa
My half-clothed mom places a steaming coffee next to my bedside in our Busan Korea hotel room. She has been hiding out in the bathroom for the past hour trying not to wake me until 6:00am when the gym opens. Cardio is her sacred early morning ritual. ‘Don’t talk to me before my exercise,’ Continue reading
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Furthur Travels with Ken Kesey
I awake with a queasy feeling in my stomach. It’s my last day in Eugene and my final opportunity to attempt meeting one of my heroes, Ken Kesey. While it seems like a gesture his adventurous nature might appreciate, now I’m chickening out. What am I going to say and do? Knock on his door Continue reading
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