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this is major tom to ground control

I feel I should begin this entry with a moment of silence. Perhaps two. Maybe three moments will allow me to collect my thoughts and begin to put words to the last week.  In this quiet time, imagine...

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here comes the sun

It’s 11:00 at night when I step out of the coffee house with Andre, Justin, and Sky.  We’ve spent the last half hour or so cozied up to the wooden, paneled bar, chatting, spinning on our bar stools,...

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this place

When I speak of my life here, “here” – Antarctica, McMurdo – is simply “this place.”  This Place.  It’s an enigmatic title.  Vague.  Simple, colorless words that fall flat, providing no descriptive...

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where is my mind?

In the film “Memento”, Guy Pearce plays a character with no short term memory. He carries a Polaroid camera and makes notes on the photos in order to fill in the gaps in his memory. “This is my car”...

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thar she blows

WHALES. The whales have arrived!! At 2:30 this morning I was sitting on the frozen beach of Hut Point (on the edge of town), next to the huge, Swedish icebreaker that is moored at the ice pier in the...

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