Category Archives: Travel

Mosquitos Par Los Millions

July 31, 2023 – 7:16 pm

I recall the summer of 1989 on the Yucatan. Dry and hot throughout May and June, then a touch of rain one night in Tulum. We were walking back to a beach palapa and heard an approaching whine. Los Mosquitos par los Millones. “Ejecuto.” and ran we did to the safety of our nets. Mosquito […]

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SOUTH OF MATZATLAN 1978

July 15, 2023 – 8:49 pm

A traveler stands on Route 15. All around Bobby BeBadd the Sonoran desert The hot asphalt Under his feet. The sun parching his Gringo skin Skag soothing his Gringo soul But Bobby wants more Water Shade More Culiacan heroin And Mazatlan. A coastal city. He just liked the name. Mazatlan. Nahuatal for abundant deer. If […]

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VICTORY AT ALL COSTS by Peter Nolan Smith

July 1, 2023 – 11:20 am

In November of 2010 the GOP and its Tea Party constituents swept the Democrats from the House of Representatives in the biggest shift of power of the 21st Century and this morning I was greeted at work by the security guard, Andy, who boasted, “We had a revolution last night.” “At least it was non-violent,” […]

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The Word Of God According to St. Uvo

June 30, 2023 – 7:45 pm

“In da beginning dere was nuttin.” Uvo’s accent thickened to a nearly indecipherable patois, “Den on the first day God created da Upper Peninsula. On the second day He created da partridge, da deer, da bear, da fish, and the ducks. On da third day He said “Let dere be Yoopers to roam da Upper […]

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UPPER THERE by Peter Nolan Smith

June 29, 2023 – 7:37 am

In August of 1987 friends in Michigan extended invitations to visit them in Onekema and the Upper Peninsula. Paulie, Gregg, and I celebrated our departure at the Milk Bar in Lower Manhattan. “Why are you going to Michigan for vacation?” Scottie the owner was a New Yorker. The rest of the country was a blank […]

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