Its Not All Facebook And Rainbows… It’s real life.

Tam and I have had several conversations recently with other travelers. Mostly, these are Europeans, and one American: but in all cases long-term travelers spending three months to a year abroad. The one similar thing that we have all experienced are the misconceptions many of our friends and family back at home have about our […]

Sri Lanka At Last!

We have made it to Sri Lanka finally! I say finally because it feels like twenty years we have been talking about coming here (okay, it has been twenty years). I am really glad we did. We have been here five days, and I feel like I am sliding into this state of peace here […]

A Short Post.

It was brought to my attention this morning by someone (Yeah, that was you Dad) that my posts are too long… Here is a short one: Tam on an albino water buffalo at the Hua Hin zoo. No promises moving forward. They may get longer again…

It’s Thailand, Not Adventure

We woke up to a rare rainy day this morning in Hua Hin, Thailand. This is the third day we have had rain since we left home in January, and it is welcome. It has been regularly in the nineties and low hundreds every day for the last two months, so a cool rainy day […]

Monkeying Around.

This is the first post I have written in my new blog, that wasn’t transferred from the old one. In copying all of those old posts, and rereading them as I went, I realized that there was a bunch of medical problems and relatively serious shit in there. I need to remedy that with something […]

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 […]