October 19, 2014 Los Angeles, California Every time I go on a long trip overseas, say for a month or more, I get really anxious. I know it has to do with letting go… of routine, and hurling myself into…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 2, 9 Lives and Letting Go in My Banana Field
October 21, 2014 Mimba Village, near Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia The immediate reward of travel is perspective and being forced to let go. Don’t learn quickly and BOOM! You’re down. It didn’t take me more than 60 seconds on my freedom-loving…
Bali, 2014, Chapter 3, “Percaya”
October 27, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia There is a word in Bahasa Indonesia, my wife’s native language, for “trust”. It’s “percaya” (pronounced “perchaya”). It’s a beautiful, complicated, difficult word. Beautiful because it means that you invest your faith and belief…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 4, Greetings from the Island of the Gods
October, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia It is so simple and beautiful where I am in the middle of a banana & coconut tree field. Roosters crowing, cows mooing, dogs barking… the slowness of rural village life. Nothing to do. Quite…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 5, Notes from the 3rd World
Oct 28, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia Two things don’t matter here in Padangbai. 1- America doesn’t matter. Uh huh. You heard me right. Nobody thinks or talks about it here. It’s not the center of the universe. It doesn’t define…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 6, Savoring Time in My Banana Field
November 4, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia It’s very strange to be in one place for so long. It certainly doesn’t happen in LA. We drive drive drive. Go go go. How many trips a day? But here, at the villa…
Morning Market, PHOTOS
October – November, 2014 Morning market, Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia Erectile dysfunction is cheap viagra http://appalachianmagazine.com/2015/10/14/young-boy-asks-wv-state-troopers-for-their-autographs/ such a problem that men have faced throughout history, and men in today’s time are still facing it. The experts check on the…
Bali, 2014: Chapter 7, The U.S. Election Seen From a Bali Banana Field
November 5, 2014 Padangbai, Bali, Indonesia I’m 15 hours ahead, so it’s still Election Day in the U.S., Nov 4. But they’ve got a top-five defense and Dwyane Wade buy levitra http://deeprootsmag.org/2013/02/26/alive-authentic-and-profoundly-human/ hasn’t had to carry as big of a…