Americans — Stories

Not Of Blood

We have come together not because of blood, but because we share bonds of a common outlook on life…

Why I Date Guys Who Smoke

They think it’s because of their badass demeanor, their cocky swagger, their muscle cars, and their tough reputations...

My Tuxedo Shirt

It’s my favorite choice for our annual Christmas brunch at one of the hotels in Tokyo…

Let's PartyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)25 December 2019Japan, TCK, fashion, Malaysia, Christmas, brunch, Tokyo, malay, Malaysian, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Americans, Texas, tck, American, JapaneseComment

Where Haven’t I Been Yet?

My passport tells an improbable tale of birth, country of origin and address of emergency contact….

Where Are You From?By Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)19 September 2018tck, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, where are you from, Nebraska, Americans, America, USA, Japan, Japanese, parents, family, languageComment

Where I'm From Is A State Of Mind

Almost everyone only thought about Turkey as depicted in the movie ‘Midnight Express’, although I have never seen it…

Where Are You From?By Anthony Arcis (From America, London, Istanbul, Bangkok & Toronto (mainly). Living in The Philippines)12 September 2018TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, where are you from, USA, US, America, Americans, friendship, family, father, born, Turkey, language, plane, languagesComment

Stories in the Sand–an Alaskan Tradition

“There, far away in the mountains of the Chugak, where birds fly over on their way north to the land of white night, there was a couple walking below.” You see the knife draw two stick figures below with dots to show foot prints. “They will hunt and gather.” You see a river and flecks that look like fish in the water.

The ArtsBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)4 November 2017tck, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Tck, culture, story, the arts, Alaska, native, museum, story knife, storyteller, Chugak, Americans, RussiansComment

My Also Family

My family and my blood are in Alaska. My heart will hold up north and I fool no one. But my also “family” exists as much to me down in Texas and California, Washington and Tokyo...

PAUL

My passports have always been issued from abroad. In the 1980s my passports were changed to blue "Z" instead of the standard blue. I was treated like a second class citizen each time I “returned” to the US and travelling in my 20's through Europe with it in the Cold War was sheer hell on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain...