Here’s a poem I came across today: Last night as I lay sleeping I died .. or so it seemed, Then I went to heaven But only in my dream Up there St Peter met me Standing at the pearly gates, He said, ‘I must check your record… Please stand … Continue reading
Though I won’t get to post this until I return home, I’m writing this on day 21 of my 22-day trip this month. I figured it might be better to just write all the ‘drama’ in one long post at the end of the trip. This, of course, is that … Continue reading
I’m still behind on the work I hoped to get done while I was on this layover, but I am making some progress. I just finished a set of notes that was far more time consuming than I had hoped. I figured I’d wait to relay the whole story of … Continue reading
After a headline like that, I would expect to read, “there isn’t any.” In fact, I was subconsciously so convinced that there wouldn’t be jazz in Bishkek that it never even occurred to me to go looking for it. That’s okay, though, the jazz found me this time. We got … Continue reading
So obviously I’ve been busy. Here’s a summary of the latest: 1: As I previously mentioned, Marshall Fritz passed away on November 4th. I previously wrote about Marshall’s impact on me. I’m saddened by his passing but thankful to have been the beneficiary of his influence for well over half … Continue reading
It is with sadness that I announce that Marshall Fritz passed away yesterday. I’ll write more later… V-
The door bell just rang. I went downstairs to answer and three young (college age) people were standing there, one of whom had an Obama button on. Of course, they thought they’d try to persuade me to vote for Obama. And they were certainly nice enough. They didn’t argue, get … Continue reading
