I don’t do water activities. I’ll dangle my feet over the edge of the shallow end of a hotel swimming pool while sipping something with a little cocktail umbrella poking out. Preferably a beer. But that is as far as I go. My partner, Dwight, does do water activities, including SCUBA. I’ll never do that,…… Continue reading Why I Like SCUBA Diving
Category: Living
Arikok National Park
Hiked Arikok National Park.
Aruba Arrival
No immigration lines: we and 5 others got off the plane in Aruba. The flight then continued to Paramaribo, Suriname.
Surinam Airways
Flying tonight.
Getting Warm
It’s worth getting up crazy early to catch a train to Miami.
Barmageddon
Grabbed dinner and beer, and found myself on reality TV: Barmaggedon. If the cap fits, etc.
Iron Road to the Capital of Latin America
Tomorrow I leave Savannah for Miami, the end of the line on Amtrak. A journey from a world constrained by history to a place that is still inventing itself. For tourists, Charleston and Savannah are about colonial times and early independence through the end of the civil war. A white history with selective amnesia. Miami…… Continue reading Iron Road to the Capital of Latin America
Iron Road to the Capital of Latin America
Posted Iron Road to the Capital of Latin America.
Goodbye Winter
Mailed my down jacket home: I plan not to wear it again until November. Wandered around Charleston in shirtsleeves.
The Other
Woolworth’s lunch counter (Smithsonian) I tried to build a coherent picture of my seatmate as I rode Amtrak from Cleveland to New York. The obvious stuff: 40-ish, black, heavyset, financially on the edge. I got the financial bit as he talked on the phone about his imminent move to a smaller apartment. He clicked away at…… Continue reading The Other