At the moment, I have taken some time to hole away at a generous friend’s home in Jamestown, Rhode Island. She has given me a room that feels right on the water. I am listening to the waves splash over rocks and the stirrings of bell-like sounds as boats sway in the harbor. I watched [...]
Entries from September 2007
September 22, 2007
Dhaka, Bangladesh August 2007
When in Dhaka, one waits and waits and waits. In traffic. I sat next to this bus for about an hour. There was a moment when I felt hope as this man next to me noticed a clearing. But, then all hope was dashed. We sat side by side in exhaust and fumes and humidity [...]
September 15, 2007
The blogging phoenix rises again
Super 8 and the may13manifesto have been reincarnated, yet again.
She began many years ago… maybe, um, 3 years ago. She had returned to the US after living away for many a year and she was smacked in the face with a deeply uncritical analysis of this country by the public media and business men she [...]
September 14, 2007
on the death of menezes : 22 July 2005
[London Metropolitan Police Chief, Sir Ian Blair] acknowledged “somebody else could be shot” as the hunt continued, but added “everything is done to make it right”.
But he said the “shoot to kill” policy for dealing with suspected suicide bombers would remain in force.
“There is no point in shooting at someone’s chest because that [...]
