These are my Momentos, short personal diary entries I write daily – since 2013 – and publish monthly. Some links are affiliate links.

Momentos – Mar 2013

1 Stepping out of the supermall and into that plaza, surrounded by the bright lights of the big screens and skyscrapers, people paying their respects at the shrine, others dining roadside, night fast approaching, gym muscles aching, an upbeat song in my ears. The whole scene never fails to give me warm pause, a moment …

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Momentos – Feb 2013

27 She still couldn’t believe it, even after seeing me walk away. I read her bewildered text as I rode home on the skytrain and replied, “I’m sorry. I told you before. I don’t want sex with woman who has boyfriend or husband anymore. We can be friends, that’s all.” As I walked the final …

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Momentos – Summer 2012

Niall Doherty at a river in Pashupati, Nepal

These were the first Momento-style vignettes I ever published, before I called them Momentos. Original title… Goodbye Nepal: 5 Months, 17 Stories I leave Nepal on Sunday. A few short stories from my time here… 1. With the power still out, the lift wasn’t an option, so I took the stairs down. Eventually I reached …

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