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An episodic autobiographical meditation. Stories from farms, cities, African villages, Martha's Vineyard, Silicon Valley, molecular biology labs, truck stops, firehouses, construction sites, hacker meets โ€” trying to figure out what it's all about.

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About john sundman

Country boy, city kid, famine relief Africa, Silicon Valley escapee; firefighter, novelist, truck driver, construction worker. Slow learner. Once relatively competent in English, French, Latin, Wolof, Pulaar & Vietnamese. But not anymore.

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