june 2005
Days 101-107: Montreal
Posted by Erik Frey Sat, 25 Jun 2005 18:31:00 GMT
A VICIOUS, NAIVE and COMPLETELY UNSUBSTANTIATED notion of the roles of women and men has existed deep within our collective consciousness for centuries, or, quite likely, millenia.
Read More...Days 96-100: Woodstock
Posted by Erik Frey Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:17:00 GMT
I took an unofficial break from my official tour in Woodstock, New York. Little did I know that I had picked the one place in the country that seemed wholly crafted, from its geology to its local culture, to be the perfect retreat. Janie took me in for a few days and gave me the best overview of Woodstock I could ever hope for.
Read More...Days 91-95: New York
Posted by Erik Frey Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:44:00 GMT
I’ve been here for a fortieth of a millenium, and I still haven’t learned the formula governing my admiration for another person. Sometimes I recognize a certain grace, a magnanimous spirit, or perhaps simply an overwhelming congeniality. It’s the kind of quality that makes me lean back in my seat and say, “Now so-and-so, boy, what a character!”
Read More...Days 83-92: Washington, DC
Posted by Erik Frey Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:10:00 GMT
If every city of the world was a flavor of icecream, I would describe Washington, DC as Neopolitan. It’s rather unextraordinary yet dependable, plain but accomodating, and if you have discerning taste, you chomp the hell out of that chocolate section, and leave the strawberry and vanilla for someone else. Leah and Carrie helped me do just that.
Read More...Days 82-83: Washington, DC
Posted by Erik Frey Tue, 07 Jun 2005 03:02:00 GMT
I continued my Kindness of Strangers tour, from Jacksonville up to Washington, DC. I posed the world a question, and it issued forth a resounding reply.
Read More...Days 80-81: Jacksonville
Posted by Erik Frey Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:10:00 GMT
Having been a bit rattled from the first leg of my Kindness of Strangers tour, I was rattled once again by the outpouring of warmth and friendliness showered upon me by Leah, Chris, and Garnet.
Read More...Day 79: Jacksonville
Posted by Erik Frey Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:03:00 GMT
This journal entry won’t have the right texture if I don’t at first explain that only part of my trip up the Atlantic coast has been geographic. That portion is easy to describe: I travelled from Miami to Jacksonville, Florida. What isn’t easy to write about is the railroad spike that was driven through my cynicism, or the gaping hole of despair that opened up in my stomach, then was cauterized, then opened again, and finally seared shut so suddenly that I am still reeling.
I’m not sure I even have a vocabulary for this experience. Typing ‘uplifting’ is unfamiliar on a keyboard – my fingers almost just cramped up.
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