October 27, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
I have a bee in my bonnet. It’s a community bee, not any one person. Not any one comment, not any one moment, rather the culmination of annoying little buzzings […]
October 26, 2012 in Asia, blog, Education, Thailand, Travelogue
Sometimes, there are perfect days. Today was one: Lunch on the beach A long walk on the sand Sun on my shoulders Shells to collect Bubble crabs to lay on […]
October 23, 2012 in Inspiration, Travelogue
What are you reading at the moment? I am always reading. I learned to read quite young and I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a book in […]
October 21, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
I don’t know if I really have the words to capture this. The following come to mind: Disturbing Nauseating Violent Sad Painful Confusing Loud Cacophonous Overwhelming Very, very foreign […]
October 20, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue
I think, in retrospect, what I will remember most is the beat of the drum. Deafening, unrelenting and punctuated with the brassy clang of cymbals. The trembling bodies of entranced […]
October 20, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue
**WARNING** Descriptions and photos in this post may be disturbing to some. Please preview for young children. We rolled down the windows on the car, as we crept into town, […]
October 19, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue
The first sound we heard was their singing: A high, haunting whistle-wail that rose and fell in waves through the jungle canopy. “They sound so much different than the howler […]
October 15, 2012 in Asia, Inspiration, Thailand, Travelogue
Do you live life in layers? So often to me it seems like our lives are layer cakes: Different flavours Different textures Sweet fillings Sometimes icky fillings The occasional nut […]
October 11, 2012 in Asia, Malaysia, Thailand, Travelogue
I lay on my back in the azure ocean, the temperature of a warm bath and listened to my own heartbeat. Beyond that, the soft tinkle of the bell and […]
October 8, 2012 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue
Thanksgiving is a distinctly North American holiday. I remember trying to explain it once to an Irish girl who’d come to celebrate the day with us and it boiled down […]
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