Musings on the Return Train – IRN 347 / Car 2 / Seat 68 / Sighișoara → București Nord

Entry #8 in the poetry sequence, In Your Air: A Travelogue from Eid

Three Christmases

Christmas Past  After my sons’ mother and I separated, she became a Jevohah’s Witness, which meant it would be entirely up to me to celebrate all future birthdays and Christmases with them. That first Christmas I took my boys to my hometown of Ironwood, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula. My plan was to take them… Continue reading Three Christmases

On Expat Socializing, Impromptu Road Trips, and Single Guy Freedom

This past week I had a number of social engagements that kept me busy, and by writing about these rendezvous, I hope to provide a glimpse into my Doha expat life. Because I am a single 40-year-old with two grown boys back in the US, I am a bit of an outlier here. Most of… Continue reading On Expat Socializing, Impromptu Road Trips, and Single Guy Freedom