The Back Story

I received an email from a friend yesterday who commented about my previous posting, expressing surprise that I had done…

Nine Days in Singapore

The flight from Bali to Singapore takes only slightly more than two hours. There is no time difference hopping from…

Almost Last Rites

During a break from a wedding ceremony in Mas yesterday, we went to the main temple, where preparations have been…

Sleeping Beauty

Once upon a time, in a compound just south of Ubud, lived a family of woodcarvers – not at all…

The Six-Month Itch

After the shock and awe of this week’s (apparently) epic tremor dissipated, I realized that the earth’s rumblings have been…

Shake it up Baby

So read the entry that someone posted on the Bali Community Facebook page; where else but in Bali, epicenter of…

Shortfall

Yesterday at Jane’s Active Dreaming (and shamanic dreaming) workshop, an Aussie woman recounted a recent dream: She described a pastoral…

La Belle Terre de Bali

Amid the rapidly expanding neighborhood of Kutu Kaja, a stone’s throw from the Botanic Gardens and the house that used…

For the Love of Dogs

Every other day, somebody sends me a link to an article, study or film about the stray dogs of Bali…

On Familiar Ground

It was the day after my birthday. I was still floating, as if on a planet out of this world.…