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Empty and Fill:  Seven Days  in Chengdu, China

Empty and Fill: Seven Days in Chengdu, China

Aging on the Run, Nationalism, Radical Hospitality, Sustainable Economies

David turned 67 while standing in the wrong immigration and customs line in Chengdu. What we knew about Chengdu, China, would not fill a teacup. We came here because it was unknown to us, and we wanted a place in southwestern China that would be a good stopover on our...
The Sound of Silence: Jeju Island, South Korea

The Sound of Silence: Jeju Island, South Korea

Aging on the Run, Nationalism, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Public History, Racism, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies

  White waves, green water, and black volcanic rock, stirred by high wind. The view was wild, but inside the Jeju coffee shop, all was calm. A Korean ballad played softly. I was alone. My partner in this Aging on the Run venture was grocery shopping, leaving me...
Sri Lanka: Hard and Hopeful Land.  February, 2025.

Sri Lanka: Hard and Hopeful Land. February, 2025.

Aging on the Run, Nationalism, Radical Hospitality, Sustainable Economies

  I come from Minnesota. USA, a region of the world where February is so cold, artists create shanties on frozen lakes and people flock to see their creations. They build ice castles and call it a carnival. People drive trucks onto ponds, dress in five layers,...
Order, Chaos and the Desire to be Free. Egypt, January 2025

Order, Chaos and the Desire to be Free. Egypt, January 2025

Aging on the Run, Nationalism, Public History, Social Movements, Sustainable Economies, Uncategorized

For the ancient Egyptians, the universe was composed of dualities fertile and barren, life and death, order and chaos. (1) A new museum has been built to showcase Egypt’s ancient artifacts yet no structure exists to honor our desire to be free (2)   People...
Letting Wounds Speak. Turkey.

Letting Wounds Speak. Turkey.

Aging on the Run, long term travel, Nationalism, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Radical Hospitality, Social Movements

  November 2024, Istanbul. On the waterfront in Kadiköy, on the Asian side of Istanbul, in the November afternoon sun, a musician with a man-bun and beard plays on an electrified acoustic guitar. Old men and young women sit with their phones on video, capturing...
Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis

Lilacs in October: A Short Return to Minneapolis

Aging on the Run, PTSD and Historical Trauma, Radical Hospitality

I read Tom Wolfe’s You Can’t Go Home Again in the fall of 1975, at Oberlin College, before I dropped out.  In the autobiographical novel, a young white man from Asheville moves to New York City and then returns to the South where he feels he no longer belongs....
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