One morning earlier this week, I am photographed and fingerprinted. How mug shots become normal. A make-work project for locals. … More
Author: healingpilgrim
The Desa Seni Experience
It is rare these days, and becoming ever more so, to find sanctuary from the sights and sounds of concrete, … More
From Bananas to Buildings: A Paean to my Grandfather
Until a couple of months ago, I never knew that my late grandfather had once worked in a banana field. … More
Revisiting a Sacred Space
What is it like to return to a place that you once helped bring to fruition – even if your … More
The Royal (Taxi) Treatment
Last night, after dinner at friends’ in Seminyak, I ordered a GRAB taxi to bring me home to Ubud. GRAB … More
Walled In
I learned a new word in bahasa Indonesia the other day. Lembur. Overtime. Until this week, I’d never had reason … More
A Blue Sky Revisited
The other day, in the early afternoon, I was standing at a window in a conference room, on the 36th … More
A Wheely Big Surprise
Old Montreal in the summer is packed with tourists, portrait artists, knick-knack kiosks, food trucks, zipline rides, horse and carriages, … More
How Swede It Is
There’s no doubt in my mind that life in Ubud comes packed with lots of pluses; chief among which is … More
The Monuments We Love
The itineraries of most visitors arriving in Washington, D.C. typically includes sites like the White House, the Capitol, Lincoln Memorial … More
Healing Pilgrim 