Slow down. You’re missing the view
Two of us crouched on the small balcony, gazing up at stars forming in the night sky of Chiang Mai. Light rain started drizzling down across the horizon like it was in sync, the way it apparently does most…
An origin story beyond belief
When I was 12, I read a lot of books that kids read around that time. Mostly though, I read a lot of books that kids didn’t. I churned through the Celestine Prophecy series and anything by Richard Bach. I…
Mentioning the war
Several years ago on a balcony in the sun, I asked a German friend about the war. We leaned back on deck chairs and coffee in hand, watching the morning traffic ride by in European streets below. The season’s…
Don’t tell my mother about hanoi
When I flew into Hanoi in Vietnam for the first time, I was on edge. I’d just come from 4 days in Singapore, a giant city-island metropolis that felt more like a Western city specialising in satay, caste systems…
Walking for Finland
I‘m clumsy.” “How clumsy? I mean, people are pretty clumsy in general.” “Yes. But I’m the most clumsy a clumsy person could possibly be.” “I don’t know about that.” “A few hours ago I was in the Qantas Lounge.…
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