Shortfall

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

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 … More

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 … More

A Bountiful Bali Birthday

There was no more prosaic way to be awakened than by a pair of roosters cawing at each other right … More

Where the Grass is Greener

In many parts of the world, ’tis the season for children to be heading back to school. Many of these … More

“Real Bali” Living

I just stumbled across this ad posted on a local accommodation website, The “Real Bali” Almost Compound Living: Experience Local … More

The Remarkably Wired Woman

I’ve just met a woman with – there’s no other way to say it – electric hands. It was a … More

Two Solitudes

Awakened this morning by a strange-sounding rooster, I looked out to the cloudy skies. The first sentence that came into … More

Shabbat in South Bali

Time and again, Bali reveals itself to be all about synchronicity. It all happened because Alexsandra and I chose to … More

Vigils

A few weeks ago, I began holding silent night vigils at bedtime. Imagining a flame deep inside of me – … More