Category Archives: journal

Marais Rendezvous – November 23, 1983 – Journal

Rendezvous Sasha at 7:00 Ma Bourgogne Place Des Vosges Her husband out of town___ Someplace to go Someone to meet___ 6:45 Leave the apartment___ Out on Rue de Deux Ponts Le nuit Light floats as bulbs Atop the street lamps___ The sidewalk Swept by a cold northern rain A good raincoat, gloves, beret Totalment Okay___ […]

Train Travel By Night – July 27, 1983 – Paris – Journal

Night time Someplace in America Friday night Travel by night o fun Nothing to see, but Darkness Sometimes passing through small town. The semi-blue TV glow In the living room window Marking the passing houses Upstairs All the children asleep___ Mom and Dad have gone out For dinner, for drinks, with their friends In the […]

August 23, 1983 – Paris – Journal

Raoul from New York is Paris’ leading baby bum for the last 6 months. Baby bum is my term for all the young transients hanging at the Pere Tranquille from this city, France, Europe and everywhere around the world, who come to the City of Light without any plan other than cast their fate to […]

July 20, 1994 – Penang – Journal

Knocking the door by the Chinese desk clerk of the Swiss Hotel. Danny tells me that I have a phone call. It’s 8:21 a.m. I had difficulty getting to sleep last night. For some reason garlic keeps me awake. I got out of bed wrapped the towel around my waist and walk down the corridor […]

July 17, 1994 – Penang – Journal

Kept on playing basketball this afternoon with the Filipino sailors. We beat some Americans but I got brutally sunburned. It’s hotter there than in New York in the summer, but despite being trapped in Penang, I’m actually happy to be here. I don’t really know how I’m going to get out of here. Maybe I’ll […]