Bar Fight

I am in this world, in this time, in this place, In this reality. I am in a bar, wishing I were not, but I was,…

Twenty-two Minutes of Democracy

Twenty-two Minutes of Democracy Draft – July 28, 2023 ©David Geiger 2023 Democracy is a slippery thing. Try to hold on to it, try to get…

Loving Attire

I see you in my closet,one of many,some of you I love,some I just like,others I look at,maybe I touch one,feel the softness,I run my hand…

Let’s Create a Department of Peace in Washington D.C.

Somehow through my Facebook feed I encountered an article concerning a newly commissioned US warship (“Navy Commissions $525M Warship in San Diego”).1 I was struck by…

Our Narcissistic Nation Needs Professional Help

Is it possible for a nation to be narcissistic? If it is, the USA qualifies. Perhaps all nations are by definition self centered. Why is it…

Banning WeChat is a Huge Loss for America

[As posted directly on Twitter and Facebook on August 8, 2020] Most Americans have never heard of WeChat, but to some Americans it is a crucial…

making history in hong kong

Whether we support them or oppose them, we must all recognize that the young people of Hong Kong are making history. Unfortunately, most of the media…

beautiful thing

At lunch one day last week I went to a screening of the movie Beautiful Thing sponsored by the Out & Open employee resource group at…

gracias por salvar al mundo

I first posted to this blog over a year ago, on November 2, 2018. Since then I have been on a verbal and pictorial journey trying…

making trouble and picking quarrels

I can not even imagine being imprisoned for “making trouble and picking quarrels” but that is where Chinese independent journalist Huang Xueqin (also known as Sophia…

on the way to wuhan

I have many reasons for traveling but the specific reasons for choosing one city over another can be very ambiguous if there is no family member…

sleeping on a plane

Not too long ago, on a long international flight, I was placed in a seat on the interior of the plane, in a section with about…

unpacking my whiteness

People don’t really talk to me about my race or how I feel about my race or about any race. One question I am never asked…

old man’s eyes

I remember very clearly walking alone through the gothic quarter in Barcelona, wandering down streets, into various stores and galleries and public places, and after most…

accompaniment

We are riding downhill now, like kids on a sled in the snow, hanging on, screaming, helpless. gravity is in control. we are racing through the…

a queer question

I met a friend’s partner recently and, after a little small talk, he said “so you’re heterosexual.” It really caught me by surprise. Without using clear…

optimism

I have been learning Mandarin for over three years now. It may be more accurate to say that I have been learning to learn Mandarin, because…

a strategic mistake

Beautiful babies, years of wonder and fun, love, family, parenting, schools, passion, emotion, soccer, encouragement, after-school, boyfriends, dance, time, laughing, crying, girlfriends, summer camps, eating, learning,…

captured

There are many things that can be captured on a camera – images, video, precise time, date, GPS location within 15 feet of the camera, familiar…

money lanes

Riding up and down highway 85 near Atlanta, Georgia, USA, people have the option to pay to go past the other traffic in an almost empty…

foshan

I wrote this last December, while in Foshan, China. I remember being upset about going home and I was just walking around when I stopped and…

small world

I noticed again this past week how much the world, my world anyway, has changed. 8:00 am, Guilin, China – My Mandarin Chinese teacher, Quentin, is…

riding marta

When I was returning from China last December, I thought I would give the subway in Atlanta another try. It had been several years since I…

afraid of my poem

I wrote it. It kept getting better. Draft after draft. Me, pretending I am crafting something. Believing the words are dripping with emotions and context and…