Al Corniche Hotel Jeddah
Corniche crossing Falastin St Jeddah, 10924, Saudi Arabia
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November--Jordan
... grooves in the road caused by the Roman chariots the travelled it. The two best Temple remains were those of Artemis and Hercules, which we explored fully, and sat and drank tea in the Temple of Artemis marvelling at the details and size of the columns. The following day we headed west towards the Jordan River where we stopped to tour the site of Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist. We had a private guide take us through the area, as he told us that ...
Resilience
... the flow and then I stepped back in. The match was a real scrap. He trying to beat me and I struggling to focus after sitting in the corner of the gym feeling sorry for myself. The blood started again. I’ve always had blood problems. Lost a couple of matches because my nose would not stop bleeding. My coach stalled for time by wiping the mat of imaginary blood as the other coach screamed to have me disqualified. As we traded takedowns and fought to survive he shot in on me ...
Hurry up and wait... and wait
... eyes fight to focus on my watch. Sh—[my chalky mouth trips my own tongue]—it! 4:57!? —not really a problem unless you consider that I haven't packed yet. Whenever I stay anywhere long enough to unpack my bag, it’s a struggle to pull away from a magnetism that grows simply from developing comfort. Four days is often all it takes and everyday thereafter adds to the pull to stay and rarely does that addition grow at a linear rate. More and more, ...
Self Sufficiency
... adviser and financier for my own self. Yes I have the wisdom of guys like Freud and Plato, Hawking and Susskind, Darwin and Dawkins, Pearl Jam and AC/DC, Jones, McKay and Price, my friends, Buddha and my loving family to guide me in my day to day life. As I think forward to the future I reflect on the coming latter stages of my life. The stages where an aging adult has the support of their children. At 36 I do not have children. At 36 I may be at the tipping point ...



