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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
If I wanted to work or teach in a failing education system I could have stayed in my own country. It has enough of its own problems. If I wanted […]
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 […]
We all get stuck sometimes. Often life challenges our faith in humanity. Sometimes we’re encumbered by the sad hardships and harsh realities. We forget to hold on to who we […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is an anomaly to me: sports day in Thailand. Now, I’m familiar with field day in America where energy-thirsty kids flood into the fields and later come home with […]
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 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 […]