the darker side of traveling/living abroad
Two thirds into my Fulbright experience, schools let out for winter break (in June, yes, cuz Southern hemisphere) and I seized the...
book shopping sprees, buckets of paint, and the birth of Super Bear
First of all, beyond overflowing gratitude for everyone in my life who donated to our online fundraiser...we reached even beyond our...
come to the lost balloon soul colonies in outer space
Have you ever seen someone accidentally let go of a balloon, and watch it float up into the sky? I remember experiencing this as a kid...
altered states, vortices, and kitties
“There’s just something about that mountain,” Corette said, as we drove away from the airport past the iconic table-shaped landscape of...
strangers in an elevator
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” –Mahatma Gandhi My incredible friends Shaheen and Shouniez...
"tippy is best served busy"
…quote James van der Walt, who just launched his South African solar energy project “Solar Turtle.” Seriously. How cool are my friends?...
first week of my fulbright (dit is wat dit is)
Exhausting train of events to build a life here for the next eight and a half months—I can’t even begin to describe all of the processes...
windier than friendlier
Me: "I don't want to live in a cage." Doug Sanford: "That's why you have to live in a cage." The principal was kind enough to pick us up...
an explosive farewell and my undying gratitude. (whytestone creative outcrop.)
I sit here in my living room, exactly underneath where the lyra was dangling, just barely a few hours ago. In one week, I will be...
words, words, words
Beginning to understand both how meaningful & how utterly meaningless words can be. My whole life I have tried to capture my experiences,...