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]
Category: Lombok
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]
Changing the world one pony, and child, at a time
It’s hard to teach old dogs new tricks, right? Even more so if there’s big odds stacked against you. Odds like culture, religion, superstition, tradition, poor education and poverty. Horses… [Continue Reading]
SpiRITUALity – Made’s cremation ceremony
Prologue Made died on a moonless, windy evening in July. It happened so chillingly fast. He’d suffered a sudden attack of excruciating chest and stomach pain at home for half… [Continue Reading]
My heart
When Harley died, this beating thingshattered into a thousand crystal shardseach as sharp and fragile as a fallen chandelier.I knew not how they’d piece back together, ever.And for a while,… [Continue Reading]
Made and the crying turtle
“I’ll never forget the tears coming out of his eyes,” Made says. “Pleading he was. Pleading for me to help him.” Made has told me this story many times. The… [Continue Reading]