“The world is a…
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” ~ Saint Augustine So this is it. The trip has begun. We have been sitting in the Toronto airport for about six hours now, one and...
View ArticleLooking back on Buenos Aires…
Though we are moving to the other side of the world and Argentina will soon be a place of the past, I thought I’d recall some more of the things I left out about what we did in Buenos Aires. We didn’t...
View Article90 days later…
30 days ago I was blabbing on about how great everything is and how I never want to go home and yaddi-yaddi-yadda. Now I can still say traveling is great, and the world is beautiful, and I love my...
View ArticleThe Song of Songkran
Let me first start by saying whenever a few consecutive days pass without a new post, even when one is due, blame it on books, and those who recommend them to me. I have been lost now for several days...
View ArticleThe size of a heart has little to do with the amount of love it provides.
Over the past few years I have managed to gather a long list of people that I find to be enormously inspirational. Among these people is a woman who cares for enormously large animals. When in...
View Article150 days later…
There are few things I’ve ever done every day without fail for 150 consecutive days. In fact, brushing my teeth is the only thing I can think of that I have done, guaranteed, for that length of time....
View ArticleConflict in Taskim Square
“Man cannot fight the earth and win, for he would be fighting himself” ~Stalking Wolf This is a favorite quote of mine. It has come up again recently, as we entered a country heated with civil unrest...
View Article180 days later…
180 days. Six months. One tiny suitcase, a backpack, and a world of possibility. We only have 15 days left. It’s hard to focus on anything. My mind is blown. Officially. I won’t lie, I’ve...
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