A Journey to the West
A two-week long trip with national parks and hiking, catching up with old friends, and a World cup game.
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A Journey to the West: Part Ten
Do I owe whatever success I have had in professional life to the unifying power and cultural relevancy of sport? Almost certainly, given that my essay for my college application covered my…
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A Journey to the West: Part Nine
My friend Carrie gave me two tarot readings on my trip and in both cases the Fool was the anchor card. Its appearance, accompanied by a rather cryptic declaration of “interesting” by…
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A Journey to the West: Part Eight
It has been well established that my soul age is 21. This to be clear is not my own judgment but the determination of others. A recent tarot reading also supports the…
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A Journey to the West: Part Seven
In the 1850s, a gold prospector named John Wesley Hilton and others “discovered” Crater Lake while searching for a lost mine. Hilton said: “I knew when I gazed upon Crater Lake that…
