I was to spend a few days in Panama City as part of a school trip in late 2015. I didn’t know much more about Panama beyond there being a famous canal […]
365: Day 56 – Surprised by Panama City
365: Day 55 – My First Time Landing in Asia
After sixteen hours of darkness racing away from the sun, light finally started to break outside my window and we had started our descent. The very faint light added to the otherworldly […]
365: Day 54 – Thinking of Mexican Food on the Fourth of July
It was probably the most boring Fourth of July for me because I was playing it safe rather than risk exposure to COVID-19. So it was a less productive day than usual […]
365: Day 53 – Aiming for unity
The United States is in desperate need of unity at the moment and I’ve been trying to appeal to our sense of patriotism to try and get people wear a mask and […]
365: Day 52 – I’m still doing this!
I missed a day or two (I was honest about it), but I am still in shock that I am keeping up with these daily posts. In looking back through the recent […]
365: Day 51 – Monument to Captain Janeway
In happy news, I read about the good people of Bloomington, Indiana are erecting a monument to Kathryn Janeway, captain of the starship USS Voyager. Bloomington is the site of her future […]
365: Day 50 – Hong Kong on my mind
The COVID-19 news in the U.S. continues to go from bad to worse, so I turned off the television and instead read some of my favorite foreign periodicals. This evening I was […]
365: Day 49 – Memories of Hometowns Afar
I was people watching again and paying special attention to the faces and languages of passersby. Most people in Los Angeles either come from somewhere else or their families did, and I […]
365: Day 48 – Sometimes I feel a little Atypical
I just finished watching the latest season of Atypical–a story about a guy on the spectrum. It’s a comedy with some very heartfelt moments, but I tend to identify with Sam a […]
365: Day 47 – Reading the Overstory
In general, I have been reading much more these last few months, but it has all come to a halt these last few weeks because of the exciting but arduous process of […]
