Destination: Cinque Terre, Italy (Part 3)

Having visited three of the northernmost villages of the Cinque Terre, I hiked to the southern ones on my final full day in Italy in 2016. I would be checking out the villages of Manarola and Riomaggiore, which I believe are the iconic ones that appear on Google Images. Any case, it would be the … Continue reading Destination: Cinque Terre, Italy (Part 3)

Destination: Cinque Terre, Italy (Part 2)

  I spent the following morning after my first night in Corniglia in 2016 hiking to the other villages in the region. The way I'd planned it out, I would hike two of the villages one day, and the other two another day, so that I wouldn't strain myself. That said, I started my first … Continue reading Destination: Cinque Terre, Italy (Part 2)

Destination: Cinque Terre, Italy (Part 1)

It was around this time of year in 2016 that I visited the Cinque Terre in Italy. I had just wrapped up my first year teaching as an assistante in Normandy, and I wanted to go somewhere before I had to pack my bags and head home for the summer. Having dreamed of visiting the Cinque Terre … Continue reading Destination: Cinque Terre, Italy (Part 1)

albuquerque (poem)

(inspired by my trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico-- March 2015) albuquerque I. the coyote kisses the moon, howling hot-spells on sonora deserts still-breeze on stuccos and tiles i shake hands with the cactus, his needle teeth glistening in the sun smoldering tequila from the patron, giving us another on the rocks II. i listen to … Continue reading albuquerque (poem)