Category Archives: Travel

MH370 Malaysia

March 21, 2014 – 8:18 am

Two weeks ago Malaysia Air flight MH370 disappeared from radar between Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The news media first suspected a crash and an intense search was conducted in the Gulf of Siam without finding any debris. Family and friends of the 293 passengers and crew wanted answers. Malaysian authorities had none. Several days passed […]

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Getting Away

March 17, 2014 – 4:39 am

Last week my associate Shamus suggested that I accompany him to the Continent. “Are you doing anything special?” “Not that I can think of?” I hadn’t worked since Christmas, but the previous week a diamond sale had filled my coffers. “London, the Maarstricht Art Fair, Bruxelles, and Paris.” It was a tempting offer. “Count me […]

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THE ID LOUNGE by Peter Nolan Smith From BACK AND FORTH

January 5, 2014 – 5:04 pm

The next morning AK, Pam, and I slept late. We ate breakfast in the dining room with the lodge’s owner. His wife was great cook. We heeded her advice on breakfast and ordered flapjacks and sausage. The generous serving was a hearty start to the day, especially since the owner and I had drunk away […]

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THE MEANING OF PURE by Peter Nolan Smith

January 4, 2014 – 4:21 pm

This is a video montage of my story THE MEANING OF PURE. I had gone to Benares to swim in the Ganges. A bath in the Mother of India washes away your sins. I was doing so for my baby brother who had passed from AIDS earlier in the summer of 1995. Eric Marciano made […]

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Smoother Streets

October 26, 2013 – 4:18 pm

Hundreds of ghost bikes are spread across New York City to commemorate the bikers and pedestrians killed by motorists. Biking is difficult on the city’s rough road. Potholes and repairs force bikers into the path of cars and trucks. Bikers were win this contest, however I noticed over the last six months that the Brooklyn […]

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