The essay is about connection to his homeland. It's about honoring his parents, and the importance of ritual.

The essay is about connection to his homeland. It's about honoring his parents, and the importance of ritual.

I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more read more

I didn't think about whether I was writing poems. I was thinking. And the more I was thinking, the more there was I didn't understand.

I know I'm going to be happy way later in the future, knowing that's the way I conducted myself.

I know I'm going to be happy way later in the future, knowing that's the way I conducted myself.

After a pretty devastating loss last Friday, I wondered how the players would respond but I knew everything would be read more

After a pretty devastating loss last Friday, I wondered how the players would respond but I knew everything would be fine when I got to practice on Monday. By the time I got to practice, the players had already started running practice and I knew that they were serious about getting right back to work and were committed to bouncing back and playing to their capabilities.

I'm not bald... I'm just taller than my hair

I'm not bald... I'm just taller than my hair

I was done with everything but the project when I was about 14 years old. I just didn't get around read more

I was done with everything but the project when I was about 14 years old. I just didn't get around to finishing up until this project came along.

What you have seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and read more

What you have seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and Iraq, in spite of the blackouts by your media, are only the losses of the initial clashes. ... You will soon experience horrors that will make you forget the horrors you have encountered in Vietnam.

This is going to steamroll,

This is going to steamroll,

It was the most difficult day for me in my life.

It was the most difficult day for me in my life.