The Dusty Streets of Kathmandu: Part I
Oh, Kathmandu, people warned me about you. What they didn’t warn me is that I’d fall in love. Weeks before arriving in Nepal I reached out to some travel friends […]
Oh, Kathmandu, people warned me about you. What they didn’t warn me is that I’d fall in love. Weeks before arriving in Nepal I reached out to some travel friends […]
When the woman I thought I was going to marry me left me, the world fell silent. For some reason, that silence urged me to listen. So, one night, between […]
My newest co-teacher, a 55-year old single Thai woman with a passion to learn English, drags in a phonics book taller than me into the classroom. She plops it on […]
Please Click Play Below to Hear the Spoken Word Audio File of this Writing Piece: The Service of Love It’s so important for you to live And be happy in […]
Sometimes conversations we have with others are simply conversations with ourselves. If only we heeded half the advice we give to others or gave ourselves half the love we give […]
Breathe, little one, just breathe. Take slow, steady, sips of water. Feel the cool sensation on your lips. Feel it roll over your tongue. You were a stranger at one […]
i see myself in you because i want to. you’re everything i wished i was, but never had the guts to do. . new years have passed and feathered wrinkles […]
I have heard two different sides to the story of a writer. Many people groan that too many claim to be writers and neglect to write everyday, thereby revoking the […]
Each year Peach Corps Thailand welcomes a new group of volunteers. I arrived in January, as did the group before me, and the group before them. There are so many […]
You were right, my dear Chelsie. To scrub the wounds with salt, free them clean, I must dig my quill into their openings: Reckoning Follow the steady shadow of my […]
Those who know me know that I’m rarely a woman of few words. For months I’ve searched feverishly for an appropriate medium to share my thoughts. Often times what happens […]
I met a woman online. One month ago. I’ve never met her in my life. She asked me this: Do you think that time heals everything? This is what I […]
After perusing the blogs of some other Peace Corps Volunteers I discovered that my own blog is somewhat lacking in actual information. I have sparse internet access, therefore my updates […]
“Julia! Julia!…Julia!” Bong screamed from downstairs. “Ka. Yes. Coming,” I saved my documents, shut my laptop and descended down stairs to the outdoor living area. The house was an interesting […]
After hearing quite a bit of feedback from my most recent blog post I havedecided to talk a little bit about what I would like to accomplish with writingabout my […]
Well here I am, semi-settled in my Peace Corps Site in Thailand. And I think I am coming to a place where most Volunteers end up, but one that training […]
At the end of great things that are no longer around, we box the remains. We box the photos and small trinkets holding significance, or the very first love-notes or […]
Chipped paint flakes, falls to the ground. Falling faster. Furiously. Eating a hole in the wall, to the other side. Otherside? The one where your soul goes when you die. […]
A span of so many miles your eyes couldn’t see the end of it. Sunlight beamed off of the surface mirroring the bright star’s fierce glare up until dropping off […]
A salt soaked tear caresses my lip rolling along until it soaks into my shirt. I think of the waste, the people without the purpose and the trivial accessories in […]