Prose

Narrative writings: essays, reviews, polemics, short stories, etc

October 14. Thank you.
I use the German payed car-sharing website to leave nothing to chance. Of course, I could have hitched down to Hessen, but I have too much on my mind. Will Charity Travel be successful? When will I know? After my first orphanage or project in Turkey, or after I crossed the Levante into Egypt? Or ...
October 10. At the Nigerian embassy.
At the Nigerian Embassy I wait to apply for a visa. Theire is no "blond" on the form for hair color. Applicants are instructed to fill in "black" for the hair and "brown" for the skin. People smile. Their smiles all resemble each other from my perspective. I will make my payment online and talk ...
AÇEV
ACEV, East TurkeyIstanbul, Turkey. October 23th, 2009ACEV (Mother Child Education Foundation) fights illiteracy in rural Turkey. They are represented in many cities such as Diyarbakir, Adana, Istanbul.

We visit ACEV in Istanbul and Adana, and donate to their literacy programs.


NameAÇEV (Mother Child Education Foundation)AimTo create equal opportunity in education for all ...
October 6. Everything set.
Why suddenly all this helping the poor? No tone about it a couple of years ago. See! There we have the proof, the guy doesn't really care, he just pretends, he's one big pretender, bah, I don't know but there must be something wrong. You know what I think? I think he's just up for ...
October 5. Last week of preparations.
The ultimate goal could not possibly be something else than our own happiness, because it is through our sensory systems, our nervous systems, our backbones, and our brains that we experience it. If we are denying this and proclaim out loud how we could, oh, live off the mere view of a smiling child at ...
October 4th. Notes taken at the Indian embassy.
Germany has united nineteen years ago. Festivities on the overcrowded streets: giants that symbolize that unity. There are some special moments today. Not that I've experienced them, I was working because I must make my project famous. Dozens of internet sites, registrations, half-hearted help, walls of disinterest, bored well-fed Western citizens. It fills a chamber ...
September 28. Preparation underway.
It seems the final weeks of preparation have commenced. Charity Travel will begin mid October, I'll most likely fly into Georgia and start talking to people there about the conflicts they live through. Perhaps I'll find an orphanage or another genuine good work to support. But might keep my  wallet closed until Africa. I am ...