A Gift from Niskala

As this year’s installment of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival draws to a close, I’ve asked myself the same … More

Morning Creatives

Another Saturday morning with so many choices: shall it be yoga at White Lotus, Radiantly Alive or Yoga Barn (the … More

Sleeping Beauty

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

A More Creative Kind of Detox

More than anything, yesterday was a lesson in mixed blessings, in letting go and being open to what is – … More

Sothea’s Story

A handful of ex-pats: One South African. One Swiss. One Canadian. A few Americans. Three Cambodians (including two from Phare). … More

Dry Season Dances

A couple of evenings ago, I joined some Emergency staff and friends on an adventure outside of Battambang.  It was … More

Colorful Gatherings

I ought to have known that I would be awakened yesterday much earlier than I planned; after all it was … More

The Circus of Life

At the very end of a nondescript gravel road, in a corner of dusty Battambang, deep in the northwestern part … More

My Body, My Poet

“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” … More

Inside & Outside of Pain

In Bel Canto, a book I just finished reading last weekend (& loved!), author Ann Patchett, perfectly evokes the power … More