- “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
Where am I now?
Salem, Oregon, USA- "A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer." ~Karl Kraus
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Recent Posts
- “Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” ~ E.L. Doctorow
Categories
- "The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new." ~Samuel Johnson
Books on the Block
Enduring Love (McEwan); Nausée (Sartre); La Chute (Camus); Soul of Iran (Molavi); Johnny Got His Gun (Trumbo), Free Fall (Golding); Kiss Me, Judas (Baer); Notes from Underground (Dostoevsky).- “A book should serve as an axe for the frozen sea within us.” ~ Franz Kafka
Videos on the Block
Super Size Me Bowling for Columbine Sicko Escape to Canada- "Your writing must prove to me that it desires me." ~ Roland Barthes
Upcoming Travels
Summer 10: Montreal- "The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." ~Anaïs Nin
Top Cities To Visit
Sana'a Valletta Montreal Hong Kong Singapore Tunis Tbilisi Yerewan Buenos Aires Baku Dublin Cardiff Edinburgh Toulouse Lisbon Athens Istanbul Kathmandu Isfahan Shiraz Herat Kabul Seoul- “Deliver me from Swedish furniture. Deliver me from clever art... ...May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
Hobbies
- Arts & Letters Daily
- パラサイトシングル
- Æther Emporium
- Cooking for Engineers
- Da Vinci Automata
- Eric Freitas
- Filmicability
- Gaslamp Fantasy
- How To Steampunk
- Islamic Archnet
- Islamic Art Network
- MakeZine
- Mini Book Expo
- PostSecret
- Sinfest
- Soviet Maps
- Steampunk Jewelry Gallery
- Steampunk Rings
- Steampunkopedia
- The Heliograph
- The Steampunk Home
- Yager
Inspiration
Les Nouz
Linguae
Photoblogs
Travel
~Partners in Crime~
- Ana’s Homepage
- Anna in Aotearoa
- Axela in Morocco
- Bačko’s Travels
- Beatrice @ Flickr
- Blake and Michelle’s Band
- Charlene’s Artwork
- Charlene’s Blog
- Childs Morocco Maverick
- Christine au Maroc
- Ed’s Deviant Art
- Grant & Alicia
- Grant?
- Hashizune’s Blog
- Igor G the Tattooist
- Jae Mae’s Myspace
- Jeff in Morocco
- Jin Akino’s Photography
- João Leitao’s Travel Diaries
- Julia’s Gap Year
- Mike S Live From Japan
- Nasreen Say What Maroc
- Nic Shogun’s Movie Reviews
- Sarah L in London
- Sarah’s Photography
- Sasha K in China
- Sydnuley’s Xanga
- Travelingbrad
- Wouter in Asia
