Embracing Madness
One of the constants of life abroad, of living well where you don't belong, is the ambiguity — the feeling that everything you see and...
Gotta Have a Drink
Yesterday, I picked up some friends a their office in downtown Minneapolis to take them to lunch at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant, The Bona, near...
Narita Airport
Once again I find myself sitting in Tokyo's Narita Airport, something I've been doing for 31 years! I seem to have plenty of memories and...
Roseau
Once upon a time in China, it was commonplace to see people wearing clothes that seemed "out of place,"– things that would be common back...
The Establishment of Winter
Late yesterday afternoon as I was returning home in a taxi, I spotted groups of people on the corner near my place huddled over small...