One morning earlier this week, I am photographed and fingerprinted. How mug shots become normal. A make-work project for locals.…
The Desa Seni Experience
It is rare these days, and becoming ever more so, to find sanctuary from the sights and sounds of concrete,…
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.…
Revisiting a Sacred Space
What is it like to return to a place that you once helped bring to fruition – even if your…
The Royal (Taxi) Treatment
Last night, after dinner at friends’ in Seminyak, I ordered a GRAB taxi to bring me home to Ubud. GRAB…
Walled In
I learned a new word in bahasa Indonesia the other day. Lembur. Overtime. Until this week, I’d never had reason…
A Blue Sky Revisited
The other day, in the early afternoon, I was standing at a window in a conference room, on the 36th…
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,…
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…
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…
Healing Pilgrim 