Steve Himmer

@shimmer.bsky.social

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Writer, walker, and mandolin player. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty at Emerson College and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/. http://www.stevehimmer.com

Text: This looked like an adventure, and, at fifty, adventures do not come every day.

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TEXT: The United States government, marking 250 years of independence from a monarchy, will this summer issue passports featuring a large photograph of its most senior leader’s face.

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TEXT: Utsunomiya is known for its gyoza. I did not know that. I had not read up on Japanese culture. I had intended to join the Peace Corps and teach in Africa. Those plans abruptly changed when my best friend had a psychotic break and I got pulled out of my Peace Corps interview.