I was a dedicated diary writer from 1985 to 1990. I am slowly transcribing about 1000 pages of those scribblings, which include almost two years as a vagabond wandering in Asia, Europe and North America. I was pretty broke much of the time, so I had to take occasional jobs: some were engineering projects, but…
Category: GeoOdyssey
Tales of travel, associated with work
CV as Random Walk
Curriculum Vitae means the “course of one’s life”. Mine has not been a linear course but a random walk – one step in that direction, the next step in another. As I sketch below, the trajectory has been a sometimes tortuous, often aimless path, composed of surprise life lurches with many detours. Curriculum Vitae means the “course…
Ho Hum, Another Dirty Day in Paradise
I was based in Hawaii between 1979 and 1989. At the time there was a popular car bumper sticker showing a rainbow and the wacky observation: Ho Hum, Another Shitty Day in Paradise. That bumper phrase cracked me up then, and still does. Even a really bad day in Hawaii is not like a bad…
Alishan Adventure
The word “adventure” came up often the last few days: a friend wondered why I have so many more adventurous stories than she does; another so much wants adventures she takes leave of her career this week to work for an Outdoor Adventure firm for a while. My best friend is off today to Thailand…