It is 5:48 AM on November 15th, 2017. It is a cool, dark Pacifica morning with a heavy breeze rustling through the eucalyptus trees. In 45 minutes it will be dawn and the day will slowly begin. People are now waking up getting ready for the day and perhaps everyone is in a slightly better…… Continue reading November 15th, 2017
Author: Mateo de Colón
Global Citizen! こんにちは！僕の名前はマットです. Es decir soy Mateo. Aussi, je m'appelle Mathieu. Likes: Languages, Cultures, Computers, History, being Alive! \(^.^)/
The beginning of November
It is 4:02 PM on Wednesday afternoon. We’re about to get one of our first rain storms of the winter: the sky is a dark gray, the wind is blowing heavily which makes the eucalyptus trees sway and there is a chill in the air. I love this type of weather and miss the heavy…… Continue reading The beginning of November
End of Halloween
I always put the pumpkins outside of the gate to rot after Halloween has ended. They are a reminder to me of the passage of time. Time goes quickly and the pumpkins slowly rot to nothing until the next Halloween is just around the corner.
Journal Entry – 11.5.2017 Afternoon
It is 1:48 PM. We just got back from the park where I had an idea for a post. I was pushing my boys on the kid swing and bigger kids (red) swing at the same time. We hadn’t been there for more than three minutes when a little girl came up and I could…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 11.5.2017 Afternoon
Journal Entry – 11.5.2017
It is a clear, crisp and cool November morning. The Hunter’s Moon was big and bright when I awoke at 3:00 AM thanks to the end of daylight savings time. Being Sunday and with the adjustment of the clock I had more time than usual this morning to get things done. I did my usual…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 11.5.2017
Journal Entry – 11.4.2017 – Afternoon
I’m just back from karate and am feeling good. This morning after my first journal entry I got a workout in, took a shower then a little nap. I went to karate class and we practiced punches but also shiho blocks. I’m feeling more confident fighting and a senpai even made the comment that I…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 11.4.2017 – Afternoon
Journal Entry – 11.4.2017
It is 5:53 AM on Saturday November 11th, 2017. Halloween has come and gone and I’m still not in the holiday spirit. I’m going to need to concentrate to get into the right mood because Thanksgiving will be here before I know it and shortly after Christmas then we’ll be in January. There are a…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 11.4.2017
Lapham’s Quarterly – Discovery
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world. – Arthur Shopenhauer, 1851 The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it oneself to be acquainted with it. – Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1747 I began to see that among…… Continue reading Lapham’s Quarterly – Discovery