I approach the one-year mark of retiring from a 25-year academic career and moving to Thailand. Life has brought me great experiences, some attempts at reprogramming of ‘merikkkhan life propaganda and integrating cultural differences. I can see some real beauty in Thai culture and society. As well as some of … Read More
I sit here and write this at “The Much Room Cafe” in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I like to come here because it has wide open space outdoors with big trees and a waterfall. But today something is different. I am listening to the sound of singing cicadas. A circadian rhythm, … Read More
I have written a couple of pieces about how I was living a split and divided life. This division within me started as a child inside a framework of generational expectations which I was unable to fulfill. Moved to societal expectations that liked to dictate gender roles. Into sexual norms … Read More
I have been on a search for universal truths that all humans experience and can relate to. I have also been curious about how the emotion of vulnerability relates to dual/nondual concepts. Especially in how vulnerability relates to self and other, control and surrender, separation and unity. But after my … 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
What is Mercy? I’m not sure if I’m qualified to be talking about the topic of mercy. I don’t know any more how to be speaking of mercy, or what being merciful looks like or what dreaming of a merciful life or society is. Recognizing the presence of mercy is … 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
I wish you could have met my Grandpa Jack. He was one of the most loving and kind men I ever met in my life. He radiated goodwill, the purest love and was generous of heart. No one really ever knew he was shot in the leg on the beaches … 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