Pack the suitcase. Unpack it, pack it, unpack it, pack it: typewriter (Hermes Baby), passport (SA 323273), ticket, airport, stairs, airplanes, fasten seatbelt, take off, unfasten seatbelt, flight, rocking, sun, stars, space, hips of strolling stewardesses, sleep, clouds, falling engine speed, fasten seatbelt, descent, circling, landing, earth, unfasten seatbelts, stairs, airport, immunization book, visa, customs, taxi, streets, houses, people, hotel, key, room, stuffiness, thirst, otherness, foreignness, loneliness, waiting, fatigue, life.

Ryszard Kapuściński, The Soccer War.

Finally back in the States after the usual string of incident & minor catastrophe, all too much and too little to bear talking about.