Category: vacations
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The Big Snapple
Some of you know my longstanding feeling about New York City. It wasn’t kind. That’s not to say I haven’t enjoyed visiting there. In fact, I’ve probably enjoyed it too much. My last significant visit for vacation, I was in my mid-twenties. It was me, a financial aid check, and every bar in Manhattan. Not […]
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Some Hawaii Pix
Canoers Whale watching Near the lava fields Public art: “Cherish the reef” Body surfing (look for our heads) Jeep style Where the lava came out of Haleakala The trail we hiked at the lava fields
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The mountain slips into its wig of clouds and steps into the moon’s blue spotlight. She knows the words to this song, the static of the ocean fuzzing softly against her lips. She wears the glittery gown of night. The whales roll over in their water beds, clap softly their fins against the water. Their […]
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Trapped
Beau and I are about to be stranded in Phoenix. Our overnight flight from Honolulu to Phoenix is still a go, but our second leg, from PHX to BWI, has been shut down by U.S. Airways. (Yes, I said I’d never fly them again, but I’m a cheapskate and they had the best fare to […]
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Postcard from Maui
It’s a common misconception that humpback whales leap from the water as attempted acts of suicide. In fact, these leaps are purely bravado. From the boat, we listened to their simple songs that, in another context, might be runaway pop hits. To the aft, the moving cloud, the flocked water seemed to make the island […]
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Postcard from Maui
The writing has never been so clearly on the wall. So to speak. With all the rights they’ve taken from us, this one was just an eventuality. Despite our flaws, we hit the beach early on, and the sun held us in its mouth haphazardly, like a dog. It seared our flesh. The waves crashed […]
Charles Jensen | Writer 