Every day can be the trip of a lifetime.
This one is going to be hard. Hard to write. Hard to read. Maybe hard to process. But, it is what it is. It is reality. It is what is happening right here and right now. And right now I'm in Costa Rica for a week, just here, just being with what has transpired and … Continue reading Cruel and Unusual Punishment
I just sold my bicycle. My last bicycle. What, you only have one bicycle? Just like guitars, I've had three of more in the home at any given moment. My final bicycle was a real hum dinger. Close to the top-of-the-line, straight-bar, electric-assist, built in lights and very expensive. It gave me a few years … Continue reading The Impermanence of Bicycle Riding
If you're a regular reader of this blog you know that I'm planning on going to Bali in March of 2025 for a special experience. Nyepi, also celebrated as Balinese new year, takes place on March 29, 2025. I have been thinking about returning to Bali for Nyepi and this is the first time that … Continue reading The Bali Experience March 2025
I've been avoiding visiting Cambodia forever. When we were traveling around the world in 2018 we decided to skip it. My major concern was one of principle. Cambodia has elections every five years. A few months before every election the opposition party candidates are rounded up and thrown in jail for a few months, sometimes … Continue reading Mixed Feelings, Visiting & Writing About Cambodia
If you told me ten years ago that I'd be traveling to Bangkok, Thailand on a regular basis I would never have believed it. It was the second country we visited in 2018 on our year-long travels. We arrived after three months in India and I was immediately struck by the sense of order as … Continue reading Tea, Meditation & Philanthropy in Bangkok
We took off a week ago, hopped on the bus to Logan Airport, and caught the first of our many flights for this Summer's trip to Asia. I made a last minute pitch to Laurie to upgrade to Qatar Airways "Q-Suite" for the first leg of flight - a long twelve hour journey. She approved. … Continue reading A Week on the Road – 3 Countries and it Feels Like Home
Our two month trip last summer brought us to India, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia and Malaysia. I brought along an AKAI MPK mini play keyboard to capture some creative ideas while traveling. I started an exercise writing different chords progressions to evoke certain feelings - happy, dark, sad, uplifting, etc. I would use the AKAI (midi) … Continue reading Another New Single
I know I write a lot about meditation here. It's something that I've practiced for decades and I find it a very valuable tool for living, especially in the face of death. For the past 6 years my practice has been a combination of three things: impermanence, mindfulness, and cause and effect. Impermanence is a … Continue reading 7. Self Connection & Self Reflection
Back in April I was on a flight to Qatar on my way to Bangkok. The young man sitting next to me, a PHD candidate from Boston, was on his way to Java, Indonesia. During the course of our conversation I found out he was married to an Indonesian woman and would be spending the … Continue reading Where to? First-time trip recommendation from a stranger: Java, Indonesia.
If you're vegan or vegetarian and have travelled in Southeast Asia you know it can be sometimes challenging to find decent, if any, vegan or vegetarian options. Maybe with the exception of Chiang Mai in Thailand, or Ubud in Bali. We just settled into Luang Prabang in northern Laos for 12 days and quickly got … Continue reading Vegetarian & Vegan Food (and coffee) in Luang Prabang, Laos.
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