>Seoul — Day 3

> It rained heavily Friday night, but Saturday morning continued to be foggy and almost cool, with more rain threatening. More of our group…

>Seoul — Day 2 (continued)

>I reversed the subway trip, except that there were a million middle school kids crowding the ticket dispensers–not enough machines for a crowd like…

>Seoul — Day 2

>It was cloudy and very humid all day on Friday, but it didn’t rain. After I did some work in the morning, I walked…

>Seoul — Day 1

> Travels yesterday went smoothly. In fact, the flight from Narita to Incheon/Seoul arrived 20 minutes early, alleviating the small anxiety I had about…

>Paging . . . your main character

> I’m sitting in the United Airlines Red Carpet Club at Narita International Airport (Tokyo) waiting for my connection to Seoul, where I’ll be…

>The New Yorker: "Aphrodisiac" by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

> July 11 & 18, 2011: “Aphrodisiac” by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala This story is okay. Nothing to write home about, so to speak. It…

>Literary Saturday

> It looks like a gorgeous day out there–I trust I’ll make it outside eventually, as there are surely things that need to be…