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Written some 11 years ago, but still speaks to my soul.

How Do You Run Away From “It All”? If I may try to answer such an all inclusive question…I ‘ran away’ to this place back in 1980. Knew no…

3 min readOct 12, 2018

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How I came to be the me I am now.

Vietnam, 1969: As an adviser and liaison I lead native troops, rural forces and popular forces, and was responsible for aiding in…

2 min readSep 18, 2019

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At night, rivers of memories, images swollen as if by rains of the monsoon.

I’m on a mountainside looking through field glasses at the valley below. Nine men in NVA uniforms are walking single file along the berm…

3 min readJan 19, 2021

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At night, rivers of memories, images swollen as if by rains of the monsoon.

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How Do You Run Away From “It All”?

If I may try to answer such an all inclusive question…I ‘ran away’ to this place back in 1980. Knew no one, came alone. I, like the Hopi…

2 min readOct 8, 2021

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Vietnam Veterans’ Day, 29 March 2024

I have a problem in recollection of our/my role in Vietnam. It’s ironic, but I can hear our politicians speaking much the same words as…

2 min readMar 29, 2024

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Vietnam Veterans’ Day, 29 March 2024

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Sofia (2005)

Well…being blessed with wonderful weather, and a snowstorm on my heels…I made good time from Reno. I’ve decided to name the bus “Sofia”…

3 min readMar 15, 2024

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Sofia (2005)

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On Intimacy

Start foreplay with morning coffee, sitting together enjoying the sunrise…prepare breakfast together. Not just bacon and eggs, but ‘whip’…

2 min readMar 8, 2024

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On Intimacy

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Thanks for you writing, Mary.

Think of the millions of people who are affected by Agent Orange in SE Asia...and our relentless bombing campaigns. We haven't learned…

1 min readFeb 29, 2024

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At the beginning of the depression in 1930 Sapiens reached the 2 billion population mark.

In my dream the other night I saw flames to my NW where Grand Forks, ND is. Some 100 miles plus from me. Then, a giant mushroom cloud. GF…

1 min readFeb 27, 2024

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Rummaging through writings from 1988/89

11 Dec 1988 Riding on horseback up steep mountains and through ravines carrying UNICEF medical bags to a distant gathering village along…

2 min readJan 22, 2024

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Rummaging through writings from 1988/89

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setsail

setsail

A Bit About Me It really gets down to the journey...the unknowable, the unseen...the rejuvenation, becoming young again and again.

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