and I am home.

So the Paula of the Middle East, except 70 years old, is hosting me in Ramallah, the West Bank, and we were drinking local chardonnay and laughing when she said things like "don't worry about the money, I'm obscenely rich", and "Oh. . .why no, I haven't been in Iraq since the Revolution of 1958", and "in his fatigues, Sayeed looked like a god. You ( Read more... )

"I'm sorry that you were stoned today"

- today, in Hebron

dear family (and by family i mean friends),

I appreciate your concern, but,
you know me better than that.

love,
brendan

So I was walking around Paris today, serenaded by a Jazz band scatting under the towers of Notre Dame, or, sitting, legs-clutched, beside an opera singer and a cellist by the Place de Vosges, and I realized... socialism isn't really that bad for people with privilege. Then it started to rain and what not, torrential rain, and I sloshed down the ( Read more... )

"A bishop will die, but the Church of God which is the people will never perish."

Oscar Romero (El Salvadoran Archbishop, Liberationist, Before assasination at Mass)

After I fingered myself across from the old lady, well, thats when I poured myself a tall glass of Bordeaux. Sitting here, gnawing on a baguette, layed back, I'm waiting for the eggplant in the sink to soak in some salt, some juice to flow. I've been stopped up and cleaned out until now, the jazz of Paris gets its way I guess. I'll just recycle ( Read more... )

Here I go- off tonight to the Old World, uncovering stones, performing living archeology ( Read more... )

The burlesque in Durham was a blast. We rollicked, spent, and scittered across the pavement of the tranny-packed parking lot.

Dear gender-benders,
I want to lick
you every
day-
love,
brendan

P.S. I might be going to Tel Aviv, wha?

I was singing while eloping down the path today, and Deirdre sang along- it was gorgeous the moment. One day I'll sing my kids to sleep with the same words.