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I’m back in Crestone, after two weeks on the road. After two days driving across Utah and Nevada on US 50 (America’s Loneliest Highway), my first visit was with my buddy Malcolm, who happened to be hanging in his family’s cabin on the shore of Lake Tahoe. After a cool swim and a hot pizza, I rolled out to Sebastopol the next day to attend a ceremony honoring Stanley Krippner’s lifetime of research, writing and teaching.
As many of you know, Stanley has been one of my closest friends since we met thirty or so years ago. He took me on trips around the world and supported me in more ways than I can explain — including trying to set me up with Salma Hayek at one point and offering to introduce me to Uma Thurman at another! He should’ve been getting the “Best Wingman” award….
From Sebastopol, it was a short and beautiful drive down the coast to Lloyd Kahn’s place in Bolinas. There’s nobody quite like Lloyd and it’s always fantastic to hang with him.
Next stop was Sausalito, where I recorded an episode for my friend Bowen’s new podcast, called Intersections SF. Cool idea: record short podcast with people talking about something that happened at a particular place in San Francisco. (The pod launches in September.) Had lunch with Whitney and Eric, two guys I met in high school and in the case of Eric, hadn’t seen since.
Then dropped in on Kyle Thiermann in Santa Cruz, Erin Ginder-Shaw in Santa Barbara, my fam in LA, an honest dentist in Los Algodones, dinner with Anya’s dad who is producing a musical in Phoenix, and back to Crestone.
Glad to be home.
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Dave Booda
Dave has been around. He spent eight years in the navy, lived in Bali for a while, led hundreds of intimacy workshops, explored non-monogamous relationships and intentional communities, been to Burning Man five times, studied with various gurus and legit teachers, and doesn’t take any of it (including himself) too seriously. He writes self-reflective so…
ROMA 113
Are the vikings cool yet? The importance of distance in historical thinking. Some really shitty, misguided dating advice. My own insecurities around giving advice. Graham Platner and the possibly self-defeating desire to elect nice, healthy, honest people to represent us in the snake pit located in our nation’s capital.
ROMA 114 (Viva España!)
The world cup, seen through the eyes of an anthropologist. The significance of Barca. Why it’s “more than a club.” Why Argentinians can be so obnoxious. How being alone in Spain can feel less lonely than being among Americans.Tangentially Speaking is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, please consider becoming a fre…
Sorry that the date with Salma did not work out. BUT there were a few others that did!