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After Twelve Years, America
This is the prologue to our relocation from Seoul to North Carolina. It deals not with our arrival in that great state but with our...
Michael Fenton
Feb 20, 20144 min read
Musings on a Korean Winter Day
The Prize You are now reading words written by the winner of second prize in the Korea National Writing contest. Actual money is awarded,...
Michael Fenton
Feb 17, 20144 min read
Leaving Seoul
(After a little less than three years in Seoul we departed for a new life in North Carolina. This was my diary entry.) End Game And so...
Michael Fenton
Jan 16, 20144 min read
White Knuckle Tours
The Blab We have been asked to babysit. The projected prisoner is a medium-sized, coffee-colored rabbit (blab). This thing has the...
Michael Fenton
Dec 2, 20132 min read


The Weeder
As a child I would wonder what all those adults did “at work”. I would see legions of them walk into an office building in the morning...
Michael Fenton
Dec 1, 20134 min read


Once Temple
When we moved to Seoul we opted to stay in a service apartment on the grounds of the Swiss Grand Hotel; not far from the Bank’s main...
Michael Fenton
Nov 29, 20133 min read
Seoul Summer
(I have written a bit on our experiences living is Seoul. Here is one:) — Demon Summer Nearly all our Korean experience is limited to...
Michael Fenton
Nov 27, 20133 min read
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