Several months ago, holed up in a room to myself (finally!) in New Zealand, I decided I would take a shower, and a photo of myself — hair wet, makeup off, any zit not covered and with the ratty towel I left on my bunk as dressing. The idea was that…
In addition to Professional Patient Waiter, I am now an expert at Turn that Lonely Depressed Feeling into Something Worthwhile ... I posted about how I feel rudderless and wasting and sort of sorts today. Turn that around. There are tons of refugee…
Today I feel alone, tired, like I'm doing things wrong and wasting, and like I have no rudder. Just being honest out here. Nothing to be done. Some days are harder than others. Wiping myself off as I stand up and trying to keep the rest of the d…
2.5 hours waiting for the train then 6 on it. I don't mind now and my ticket was only 22 euros. I'm a professional patient waiter now. Patience, Grasshopper. I'm going to put that on my resume.…
While France is recovering from the Charlie Hebdo massacre, this also happened: Islam extremist militant group Boko Haram massacred up to 2,000 people in Nigeria. [http://tinyurl.com/opfbyec] Nothing is left of the town. It's burned and destr…
This is has got to be one of the coolest subway entrances in the world: Bockenheim Warte in downtown Frankfurt, Germany. I found it searching for "weird things" in the city and introdcued it to Ralph, my friend and host here. He'd…
Do you have any experience or knowledge or know someone with good insight into finding a small monastery in Nepal where I can teach monks English in exchange for meditation teaching, or pay a small sum to live there and do chores for meditation? I…
When you need to go for a walk with your friend's mom to see her ministry she's building with ladies from her church and it's a 1.5-mile walk on the Pamodzi village dirt paths, and you only have high sandals? You wear - no, you rock -…
this is not zambia, but this is me with my friends of various ages in Australia, from 18 to 30s I just spent 17 days learning about what it's like to live in Zambia with a friend. He's 30. His sister we spent all the time with is 23. His b…
