Posts tagged San Francisco
Words By The Sea
Words By The Sea

On the silted shores of that Kashmiri lake from my childhood - my shoes slowly ruining in the slush of snow, mud and plum blossoms - I stood beside the houseboat we were staying in (which once hosted Henry Kissinger). That was the month Indira Gandhi was voted out and my whole family got stuck in India.

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We're InspiredBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, third culture kid, ocean, beach, sea, love, family, American, USA, Texas, Colorado, Alaska, alone, Micronesia, trust, friendship, friends, summer, Concarneau, Brittany, San Francisco, best friend, college, France, Vienna, Kashmiri, Odawara, Japanese, Japan, Kamakura, solitary, life, upbringing, story, Spanish Comment
The Man-Child Within
The Man-Child Within

In my native Spain, children at age six could drink 1/4 strength wine. At 16, you went to full strength. In Hawai’i when I was flying, it was “Hey, bruddha, can you drink with us?” Likewise, on Guam, the test would be handing someone a 5 dollar bill and asking them to go buy a 6-pack of beer...

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AdulthoodBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, Tck, third culture kid, adulthood, adult, children, American, independent, responsibility, rights, society, Spain, Hawai'i, Guam, San Francisco, Japan, JapaneseComment