Red Flags and Free Passes: China
Borneo: Traveler’s Notes
We flew from Portland to San Francisco to Tokyo to Singapore to Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital city of Brunei. During the SFO-Singapore section our seats in the very back row jiggled like water balloons on a trampoline which led to some uncomfortable vomiting, but luckily Japan Airlines supplies plenty of barf bags. Traveler’s note: …
In Case you were Wondering about the Plums
My mom used to shrug off indulgence with a poem. “This is just to say”, she would murmur, as she sliced the dense chocolate cake frosted with thick fudge that we'd peel off and eat in slabs. “So sweet/and so cold”, I would finish, reaching around her to sliver off my own corner of the …
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ICEBOX PLUMS: Moments, sweet and cold 