I’m in California. Yup, right now. Not a great time to come to this country, and for sure I was nervous. So many stories this year of tourists getting treated… [Continue Reading]
Category: humanity
Life
None of us are immune; life is tough Even when you lift your face to the sun while waves lap gently around your ankles on a warm sandy shore. Even… [Continue Reading]
The clear as mud case for meditation
After many years of dreaming about it (and countless google searches, emails kept in my draft folder, endless tabs kept open), I finally went to a meditation retreat! A week… [Continue Reading]
A Rant: high-season moaning insta-tourists
Another day, another boatload of excited but tired passengers from Bali arrive on the island. The transfer boat pulls up alongside the floating jetty and the newcomers stand up to… [Continue Reading]
It’s just a panic attack…!
I’m in the supermarket. I’ve only just walked in. As usual, the white light shocks me. But tonight something is different. It’s like, extra bright. I squint behind my fingers… [Continue Reading]
Views from an Open Widow
Dearest Gentle Reader, Did you miss me? It’s hard for me to believe it, but it’s been a year since I wielded my quill. Life has been too all-encompassing to… [Continue Reading]
Down the line …~•’^’•~…
LOL. SMH. Shrugs and eye rolls and sticky out tongues. OMG! Abbreviations and emojis express our emotions these days on phone conversations. I love them and use them all the… [Continue Reading]
A non-first-world problem
Last night, with literally just a few hours notice, the fresh water supply on our tiny island of Gili Meno was turned off by order of the government. Today nobody… [Continue Reading]
the half empty or half full cup of ‘what ifs’
😞 What if tomorrow the sun disappears and everything goes black as black? What if your insides turn on you and slowly take you away? What if you choose wrong… [Continue Reading]
the Age of Rage
2018, my first day back in the country. Banora Point, Tweed Coast. The lights turn green and I accelerate around the bend towards the on-ramp to the M1. When I… [Continue Reading]