The Difficulty Of Presence.

This post was originally published on 11 April, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. The hardest thing I fail to accomplish every day is not kindness, love, or compassion (though at times, those can be an ongoing practice as well), but the practice of presence. I struggle with being truly present. I catch myself on my […]

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things… On Kiteboarding.

This post was originally posted on 07 April, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. Kiteboarding! It is the long, smooth, cruisey downwinder, effortlessly looping the kite and carving alternating edges along the swell caused by the very same wind that powers your progress. It is dropping into a wave on the perfect sideshore […]

Temples, Caves, And Motorbike Crashes.

This post was originally published on 5 April, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. We decided it was time for a rest day. Too many days kiteboarding in a row, and I was starting to feel a bit old. Some of my old injuries and arthritises come back after about 10 days in […]

Statues At Temples… On Being A Buddhist Imposter.

This post was originally published on 28 March, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. I absolutely love visiting Buddhist temples. Every one has it’s own energy. Some feel empty, and some feel full of energy and peace. All over Thailand, from Bangkok to the most rural places imaginable, there are temples (Wats) in […]

What A Long Strange Trip… Or, Fucking Retirement Is Trying To Kill Me.

This post was originally published on 18 March, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. Well, it’s been a while. Sorry about that, but it turns out this retirement thing is a lot more work than I thought. I have written a bit about my TIA, so I won’t try to bore you further with […]

Roengroenachit Warungkarusami

This post was originally published on 25 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. This kid! He is actually 35 years old now. We couldn’t say his name very accurately so we called hime by his nickname Rarm (we pronounced it rom because we are hopeless Americans). He was an exchange student from […]

Wat arun At Night, Across the River, While We Eat Dinner And Act Like Cheesy Tourists

This post was originally published on 25 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. I had to add a few (more) Cheesy tourist shots. This was actually a pretty beautiful restaurant on the Chao Praya River running right through the middle of all of Bangkok. We had a great view of the main (stupa/chedi/pagoda) […]

More Wat Pho.

This post was originally posted on 25 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. More pictures of Wat Pho in Bangkok. A lot of these are ancient Chinese Buddhist sculptures that were Brought to Thailand as ballast in the bellies of their sailing vessels. This guy was part of the group that was […]

Wat Pho At Sunset.

This post was originally published on 25 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. Wat Pho! We have been here before, about 20 years ago, but nothing has changed. I am not sure why I would be surprised by that, seeing as how it was originally completed around 1688 by King Rama I, […]

The Things You Find On The Beach In Vietnam

This post was originally published on 16 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. I wanted to do a post on here about the strange and beautiful things I find every morning on my walk on the beach. I found pretty shells, and… … more pretty shells, and… … this cute little orange, and […]