The Unresolved Witness I’ve wandered through markets all over the world and I still don’t know how to talk about all of them. Because they are so different depending on what part of the world you are in. What I do know, is that I love them. I know I … Read More
The Year That Was… (Context & Milestones) It’s been a year… and what a year it was. I left behind a 25-year teaching career in government education, retired with full benefits. Goal accomplished, just like I planned since I was a little kid. The rat-race finished. I let go of … Read More
For most of my life, I believed love, closeness and affection had to be earned. That I needed to be successful and do something impressive to be accepted and loved. If I worked hard enough, performed well enough, maybe then I’d be worthy. I am paying the cost of that … Read More
It’s been anything but quiet, and not by accident. A lot has changed. Some of it was planned—some of it arrived like a wave I couldn’t stop. And didn’t want to stop. I quit my job after 25 years. Sometimes I call it retirement, but at 56, I feel too … Read More
It’s hard to believe how time fly’s by sometimes and it’s been over three months since I have posted a piece of writing. Have now been in Thailand for 7 months. With all of life’s trials and tribulations. The expression, “wherever you go, there you are” has become a large … Read More
Alexis Wright, an aboriginal writer from Australia, writes about the end of the world being a reoccurring event that has happened over and over again. Just look at the many layers in the Grand Canyon. She also writes that for centuries, the end of indigenous people around the world has … Read More
Today is a day I am reminded of a mantra I have in my life… “Don’t get too comfortable in your life”. Because it is all going to eventually change and if we get too comfortable that change can become a place of suffering. I spent a lot of my … Read More
I keep learning every day. Thailand history, culture, ways of life, Thai relationship styles, Buddhism, family values, economics, traffic laws, etc. Mostly I am learning more about myself. How ingrained I was in my own culture in the USA… the capitalist leader in the world, hard core feminism, gun violence, … Read More
I have experienced 25 years immersed in bureaucratic, union based, government funded, non- profit, community college, workplace institution. Bringing out my deepest vocational purpose calling from within me, along with much intellectual knowledge and trade skills to the table. Mustering all the hope for depths of commitment between myself and … Read More
It’s been about 6 weeks since I arrived in Thailand. Landing in Chiang Mai continues to feel like home. Close to the mountains and the jungle. In the middle of Thailand’s agricultural land. I’ve never seen such a huge variety of raw cooking materials in my life. From Europe to … Read More