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Writing – tom griffen
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My favorite spot to write is my living room. I belly up to a beautiful, homemade farm table on loan from a good friend. This spot is especially wonderful now since I’ve finally scored a proper chair from a neighbor’s junk pile, allowing me to break apart my trusty, yet wobbly piano bench and add it to my pile of firewood. From where I sit … Continue reading Comings and Goings. August 4, 2015. February 13, 2016. Running My First Marathon. Not Cool Enough, Apparently. Some Kind of Language Lesson.
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Comings and Goings – tom griffen
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My favorite spot to write is my living room. I belly up to a beautiful, homemade farm table on loan from a good friend. This spot is especially wonderful. Since I’ve finally scored a proper chair from a neighbor’s junk pile, allowing me to break apart my trusty, yet wobbly piano bench and add it to my pile of firewood. Today something happened that made me angry. Like, angrier than I’ve been in a while. But rather than rant about it, I’m going to type out the conversation between. Excuse me, I say. Sure,...
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Morocco – tom griffen
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Ever since 1991 when I was in the military stationed in Germany, I’ve wanted to take the ferry across the Mediterranean Sea to North Africa. In November 2014, I did just that during a five-week trip to Morocco via Portugal and Spain. In this blog I paired some of my most memorable moments with a sketch. It was a fantastic journey – thanks for giving it a look! Blog #1: Problems Simplifying. Blog #2: Day One in Lisbon. Blog #3: Ferry to Africa. Blog #4: Tangier’s Literary Scene. Blog #8: Berber Hospitality.
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Life – tom griffen
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September 2, 2016. September 2, 2016. Today I’m not going to Google anything that might alter how I remember things. Let memories be memories and leave it at that. I am sick of fact-checking my life. From trying to remember things correctly. All these photos zip-locked and stashed in steamer trunk. Pre-digital. Some with a date on the back or time-stamped on the front-bottom corner. Some with a year or place … Continue reading Memory, Gone. September 1, 2016. Running My First Marathon. August 28, 2016.
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Run Off – tom griffen
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Whatever. I just want to get it over with. Because I see every car as a threat to my life. He stops and stares at me a moment, then slides open that little rear window some trucks have. I watch to see if he unclips his seatbelt. He doesn’t. Looks like the sun’s gettin’ to ya. Sarcasm. Anger. I’m good. How do you mean? All you guys come out here and hog the road like you own the place! Actually, I saw you coming up behind me and moved over. Wasn’t about to play chicken with a vehicle. July 19, 2015. You a...
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Travel Writing – tom griffen
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Yesterday, as part of the New Yorker Festival, I attended a travel writing panel held at the Director’s Guild of America (DGA) theater on West 57th Street. The panel included Paul Theroux, Gary Shteyngart, Dinaw Mengestu and Elif Batuman. It was moderated by Paul Gourevitch, staff writer for. And former editor of. The vulnerability of the writer, their anxiety and nervousness, induces a heightened state of awareness that serves the essay well. Things that are different are often the source of comedy....
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dog – tom griffen
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My favorite spot to write is my living room. I belly up to a beautiful, homemade farm table on loan from a good friend. This spot is especially wonderful now since I’ve finally scored a proper chair from a neighbor’s junk pile, allowing me to break apart my trusty, yet wobbly piano bench and add it to my pile of firewood. From where I sit … Continue reading Comings and Goings. August 4, 2015. February 13, 2016. Running My First Marathon. Not Cool Enough, Apparently. Some Kind of Language Lesson.
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UNC – tom griffen
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A Huge, Insurmountable, Feeling Thing. March 23, 2016. March 23, 2016. My favorite spot to write is my living room. I belly up to a beautiful, homemade farm table on loan from a good friend. This spot is especially wonderful now since I’ve finally scored a proper chair from a neighbor’s junk pile, allowing me to break apart my trusty, yet wobbly piano bench and add it to my pile of firewood. From where I sit … Continue reading Comings and Goings. August 4, 2015. February 13, 2016. Where ears become eyes.
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dog walking – tom griffen
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My favorite spot to write is my living room. I belly up to a beautiful, homemade farm table on loan from a good friend. This spot is especially wonderful now since I’ve finally scored a proper chair from a neighbor’s junk pile, allowing me to break apart my trusty, yet wobbly piano bench and add it to my pile of firewood. From where I sit … Continue reading Comings and Goings. August 4, 2015. February 13, 2016. Running My First Marathon. Not Cool Enough, Apparently. Some Kind of Language Lesson.
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Run – tom griffen
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I ran my first marathon in 1991 in Frankfurt, Germany while serving in the Army. I trained for about two weeks and slogged to a 4:13 finish. On the plus side, I had a few beers along the way. Those were the days. Since then I’ve covered countless miles and knocked out a dozen more marathons and twice as many ultra distance races including two 100-milers. I used to define myself as a runner until someone once challenged me to describe what I’d be without it. That was a wake-up call. My old Running Blogs.
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