This is an article I wrote for A Holistic Journey. South Korea was, and still is, a means of escape for me. On a practical level, it offered me a ticket out of my depressing neighborhood in Nevada (U.S.) with the meth lab across the street. On a slightly higher level, it released the […]
There are a few spots on earth that seem to suck, all the time, every year. Places known primarily for depressing, vaguely anonymous news stories about so an so rebel group blowing up buses, such and such government dropping cluster bombs on schools, everyone throwing rocks at each other and frothing at the mouth. I […]
I’m now well into year ten of my writing career. That’s almost exactly one third of my life, almost exactly as long as I’ve lived independently, almost exactly as long as I’ve had that one stupid whisker that grows into the corner of my mouth and cannot be shaved without razor burn. It has taken […]
I really recommend you watch this video, but if you don’t want to, I’ll summarize for your convenience. The location is France, the protagonist is a house husband who, in the course of his day, gets crudely hit upon by a hobo chick, sorta-raped by a gang of feral women and diminished by his sexist […]
It struck me recently that I’ve got a pretty big backlog of cool pictures from my travels in both the US and South Korea. This, then, is where I disgorge the partially digested fish of my photography habit into your screaming, baby bird mouths. Yum.
CJ adjusted the fine, silk collar on his shirt and brushed aside a barely visible spec of fuzz on his slacks. He looked up to see Chul seated, smoking in front of an enormous wooden book case. He was sure they had not met before, but things were going well and so CJ smiled and […]
Starting a Writers’ Group in Suwon, South Korea One of the biggest disadvantages of being an overseas expat is that people are in a constant state of motion. Whether it is to another city in Korea or another country in Asia, foreigners are perpetually coming and going. While it can be interesting to meet so […]
I have finished three novels and, although they share only the most tenuous connections in setting, character and plot, I do consider them a trilogy of sorts. All three are attempts to understand the disconnect between intentions and outcomes. All three are, in a very real sense, about my attempt to overcome the desire for […]
한국어 원고를 보시려면 여기를 클릭하세요. (I am wearing an old sleeveless shirt, a worn out pair of athletic shorts and no shoes. My hair is disheveled and messy) Hello everyone and thank you for listening to my speech. Since we mostly know each other already, I decided to introduce my clothes rather than my person. […]
Click here for the English Version. (옷 – 낡은 나시, 운동 바지, 이상한 머리, 신발 없음) 여러분 안녕하세요. 저는 오늘 여러분에게 특별한 소개를 하고 싶습니다. 저의 마음대로 소개하는 것 보다는, 옷에 대하여 소개하고자 합니다. 지금, 저는 옷을 잘 입었다고 생각하지 않습니다. 첫째, 이런 티셔츠는 품위가 없습니다. 이런 바지도 별로 멋이 없고, 제 운동화는 매우 낡아 […]
