Eric Archive

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

The Blah’s

[detail from the Buddhist temple at the Folk Village] I’m here…I think. This past week my headaches have come back. Always around early afternoon & lasting straight through to bedtime. It’s made for a lot of boring days of not doing much. Add in the fact that Eric’s not home & without his smiling face and [...]

Monday, September 27th, 2010

What Passes for Fun Around Here

After a typically weak dinner the other night at the AMC (Alaska Mining Company), Eric & I came home to sit & veg like the old couple we are…doing everything we could to forget both the hospital-ranked meal & that there is actually such a thing as fine dining – just not anywhere around here. Since our [...]

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Please Feed the Animals

Growing up in Texas horses were a common sight. In Korea…they are incredibly rare. There’s only so much land here & the majority of it is either mountainous or low-lying rice fields. But the Korean Folk Village we visited last week had horses. Sweet things tied-up waiting to give rides to what turned out to be only American [...]