I have this theory about how books come to me when I need them, and I think it’s the same way with places. My first time in Spain I took a night bus from Lyon to Barcelona and hung out there for a couple of days. Which was nice. But there were too many tourists.… Continue reading My View of Toledo
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What Happened
Before I moved back to Portland I switched my host to Rackspace and they became a business-hosting only company. When I called them to ask about all of my posts between 2014 and 2015, they had no record of them. There weren’t that many anyway. The first third of my novel, Sebastian’s Babylon has been… Continue reading What Happened
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 15,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 3 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report.
The Mongoose Dharma
I have an Indian gray mongoose nest in my backyard. The mongoose tramps along the grassy path short legs whirring. He has a mate. He follows her up and down the boulderous terraces, mounting her, and tries to stay on top. He doesn’t look successful. He falls off her and sits in the grass. Like… Continue reading The Mongoose Dharma
Daniel Adler And The Great Indian Rivers
Upon Seeing the Brahmaputra I have seen great rivers flowing. This one comes from the hills of Xanadu and runs 1800 miles to the sacred Ganges in Bangladesh, then into the world’s largest river delta where the biggest mangroves grow and man-eating tigers prey. Brahma, author of the scriptures, living in the mountains, and his… Continue reading Daniel Adler And The Great Indian Rivers
What I Wrote On My Way To Bruges
Did I do the right thing by letting Chantal give me two euro since she felt bad that she didn’t tell me to take the train and instead let me take the bus, which turned out to be a few euro more expensive, when you factor in having to take the train to Breda to… Continue reading What I Wrote On My Way To Bruges
Catania: They Don’t Know How Good They Got It
When I arrived in Catania it was everything I wanted Italy to be, sunshine, Baroque Duomos, and open air markets. But Catania is a very modern Italian city, in ways that may not be immediately apparent. Catania is Italy’s tenth largest city, and its geographic location makes it a destination for migrant workers from Pakistan,… Continue reading Catania: They Don’t Know How Good They Got It
A Walk Around Tel Aviv
I dreamed about being on a Birthright-style tour around the world, on the rest of my trip, in Egypt, India, and woke to see Max already leaving for brunch with his cousin. I elected to stay here since Yoni and Lisa were out. It was nearly one. I made one of the instant coffees I… Continue reading A Walk Around Tel Aviv
Daniel Adler, Bareback In Jerusalem
I had always imagined Jerusalem as crowded, sweaty, and somehow more third world than the rest of the Middle East, with arid dust rising behind me, monkeys screaming in the distance, the call to prayer sounding and lots of white robes and payos. In reality, Jerusalem is built on a small mountain, about two thousand… Continue reading Daniel Adler, Bareback In Jerusalem
Freedom and Writing
My Granny calls me today, tells me she doesn’t like a sentence from a few blog posts ago. That’s part of traveling, meeting people, maybe falling in love, gathering stories and experience. It’s what I must do, not necessarily to write masterpieces, but to understand people, to be free. What is freedom? It’s doing what… Continue reading Freedom and Writing
Daniel the Writer 