In Which I Go to Trinidad and Am Troubled by a Sandwich

I was on a press trip to Trinidad and Tobago. Nearly all of my expenses — flights, hotels, meals, including this damned sandwich — were paid for by Trinidad/Tobago Tourism. “You gotta have the bake and shark.” “Have you had a bake and shark yet?’ “The bake and shark is the best sandwich I’ve ever …


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Rocked, Lobster

I’m on a press trip to Trinidad and Tobago. Nearly all of my expenses — flights, hotels, meals — were paid for by Trinidad/Tobago Tourism. The bay looked very flat from the shore so I threw caution to the wind and joined the group when they boarded the glass bottomed boat to the reef. Thing …


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I Quit My Job to Travel the World.
Multiple Times.

1983. It was not my first trip abroad, I’d been an exchange student and then, after I graduated high school, a kibbutz volunteer. While in Israel, I met a boy and we traveled some. When I ran out of money, I went back to the US. I worked as a stocking clerk at a cheap …


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The Peanut Butter Cookie Waffle

I’ve been wanting peanut butter cookies for a while, an odd craving, to be sure, but so it goes. I’ve also had this feeling that I should start a writer’s group, I’m not sure why, but it’s a thing writers do, and I’ve been wondering if it wouldn’t be good for me to do so …


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Postcard from Traffic Court

I got a speeding ticket for going 27 mph in a 20 zone. The fine was pretty steep, so at a friend’s recommendation, I scheduled a hearing to see if I could get it reduced. While I was waiting my turn, the guy next to me, G, a Paiute Indian (he told me so), introduced …


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