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March 6 1991 – Palu, Sulawesi – Journal

September 5, 2024 – 2:25 pm

After a week’s diving on Bunaken I was lucky enough to catch the KM Karuna from Bitung, the port for Manado, at the top of Sulawesi. The liner cruised the jungled shore heading east to Borneo. The German-built ship is spacious and only one other Mistah is aboard. A Dutchman. Even after fourhundred years of […]

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SEPTEMBER 1, 1978 – JOURNAL ENTRY – EAST VILLAGE

September 2, 2024 – 6:47 pm

Flowers are exploding all across the East Village community gardens. The temperature is in the 90s. The air in our apartment has no oxygen. The streets only have a little more. Alice and I have lived together for the last month. I haven’t worked a day. Alice is heading home to West Virginia for Labor […]

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April 22 1987 – East Village – Journal

September 1, 2024 – 4:37 pm

Still no lights in my apartment ConEd shut off. Alan Vaughn showed up from Florida on route to London. At lunch today ,” he said, ” i love to travel.” then proceeded to tell me all about the demise of his fair with his winter living, natalia, aKA seven rooms of Gloom “You know I’d […]

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August 1 1987 – East Village – Journal

September 1, 2024 – 4:32 pm

Good old Bridget has gotten himself into a dicey situation on the Cote d’Azur. Guy, her ex- legionnaire husband has impregnated a secretary working for his clothing company. Bridget and Guy at first married in 1982 to get her French papers in order, since her South African passport was banned for most countries, which is […]

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Marais Rendezvous – November 23, 1983 – Journal

August 25, 2024 – 9:43 am

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___ […]

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