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In Spite of Ourselves: The bookends of my Life
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Sunday, May 31, 2009. The bookends of my Life. The Bookends of my Life. Sitting is good,. I like to sit. Here on the mountain,. With lush green trees and plants. I am at Home,. More so than my home. They are my friends,. The Ones I know. The beaten-up dirt path,. That winds it way from,. The Temple to The Church,. The bookends of my life. The stairs i do not climb. The graves i do not observe. It took me six o...
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In Spite of Ourselves: April 2009
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Wednesday, April 29, 2009. In case i thought i Knew Something. I have noticed more lately than usual how often The Universe takes care of things while I am busy thinking I know how this works. The first real flinch either of us demonstrated was when we were parting. Words often have no place in tender moments like this. Eye contact, holding of hands, kisses, hugs, slightly red eyes and gazing while try...The h...
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In Spite of Ourselves: July 2009
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Sunday, July 12, 2009. It has rained much lately. Korea has a rainy season during the summer and we are in the middle of it. This weekend has been wet, very wet. I feel soggy inside although I have only left my room once this weekend. Soggy but not wet from water. Soggy with laziness. I feel fat but not from food. I feel tired but not from activity. When did I become slothful? How does this happen? Subscribe N...
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In Spite of Ourselves: June 2009
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Thursday, June 11, 2009. I am karma's Bitch. The show was kind of entertaining but there was a line that that stood out to me and felt, well, incredibly accurate and insightful for my life. 8220;Just because I met a pretty girl doesn’t mean I deserve her yet. I’m Karma’s bitch right now.”. So, I will semi-willingly continue on as Karma’s bitch for now, not that I have a choice. Maybe I will actually ...The sol...
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In Spite of Ourselves: Michael = Dog?
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Thursday, May 7, 2009. 8221; and she pointed to my arm hair and then to my chest. Translation for the non-EFL teachers of the world: “Michael you have hair on your arms, are you a dog? I was here almost a month before I realized that the majority of females in Korea are not teenagers! Again, I grew up around Italian women and the physical features that define her as a woman are her curves coming and going.
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In Spite of Ourselves: Friday Night in Danyang Valley
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Tuesday, June 9, 2009. Friday Night in Danyang Valley. Friday Night at Danyang Valley. The solitude is both comforting and disconcerting. My life in the cemented city of Cheonan does not provide this kind of solitude; even my mountain. The quiet is loud as the water cascades in all directions like my mind. Posted by michael swerdloff. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe Now: Feed Icon. It took me six...
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In Spite of Ourselves: September 2008
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Monday, September 29, 2008. 8220;So, what’s wrong? 8220;What do you mean? 8220;You asked me to come and meet you at nearly midnight and you look awful.” He looks directly into her eyes intently, “So, what’s wrong? She flinches and sits back in the wooden chair in the back room of Soma Coffeehouse. “You really are intense aren’t you? No small talk, no how is work or anything, just ‘So, what’s wrong? 8220;Yes yo...
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In Spite of Ourselves: January 2009
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Assignment: Through the Microscope- the first real kiss. Assignment: Looking through the Microscope- the first real kiss. Or maybe she kissed me. We kissed. Until then, it had been her and me doing something but that moment, we did a together. It was better than the movies or the stories my older brother used to tell. They never talked about the together. Posted by michael swerdloff.
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In Spite of Ourselves: August 2008
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In Spite of Ourselves. Reflections, essays, memoirs and personal experiences on you, me and us. Thursday, August 21, 2008. Please Leave your Shoes at the Door. I enjoy living and working in a land where slippers are worn in homes and schools, and a sense of home is more important than a sense of self-importance among principals, teachers, parents and kids. Posted by michael swerdloff. Links to this post. Monday, August 18, 2008. Posted by michael swerdloff. Links to this post. Thursday, August 14, 2008.
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