A legacy on Long Island
Michael Gallagher We sounded a greeting from the doorway to the subway station entrance in Seodaemun,Bellowing loud thunderous applause from the metallic echoes, from that shiny, pulsating, writhing beast of a city,…
Education
Here and there and oh my god my lady is so beautiful
My lady, my love, my all
Thinking of Jay Gatzby
It has only been a week since… I made a story that made any sense And still this pulse of creation flickers inside me And I stand on the beach…
Byron and the University of Indiana
I flew out to the University of Indiana the other day to visit my dear friend Byron, whom I had not seen in over nine years. We talked and walked…
Sorry for the delay
Hello all, It has been a productive and hectic month, a month that has taken me from Seoul to Seattle to New York to Altoona to Pittsburgh to Youngstown to…
Leaving Korea
Eight years and now it is time to go and so it felt appropriate to mark the occasion with a few clumsy words, a few choice phrases, perhaps even a…
Wining and dining and gambling
We went to the wine tasting event at the Hilton Hotel in Seoul where this Chilean winery was displaying some of their finest vintages. Chile and Korea just signed a…