Posted in Culture on May 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
Remember what it felt like on September 12th?
The sense of shock and loss?
The way the mind refused to wrap itself around so many deaths?
The way numbers would numb the imagination?
The Chinese Sichuan earthquake is 17 American 9/11’s.
Seventeen.
Posted in Culture, Taiwan, Travel on Mar 14th, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve been through terminal one of the Taoyuan International Airport enough times to know which way to turn out of customs to catch the bus that is a nap away from Taipei main train station.
Down two flights of escalator, a short flight of stairs and into the slipstream of Taipei subway rush hour. You could [...]
Posted in Culture, Taiwan on Dec 27th, 2007 No Comments »
It has been a desire of mine to spend the Christmas holiday season in a non-Christian country. A place without that holy mix of commerce and religion. A place that didn’t blare for months on end the message that if you love someone, you will certainly open your wallets to the merchants. I was hoping [...]