Beirut

May 13, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Beirut feels old. You can’t help but notice it. Its break from modernity gives it serious charm. The buildings haven’t had much love in the past 50 years. They are weathered and old fashioned, neglected and sad. There are millions of electrical wires going from rooftop to rooftop and the power goes out regularly. The […]

The Power of Food

February 15, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Food and cooking are a massive part of my life. It has been for many years. I love to learn about food, cook, and eat. Living an expat life brings a certain depth to my passions and for the last few years I have been living out some of my Anthony Bourdain fantasies, RIP my […]

A Scar Is Born

February 9, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Differences The one and only time that we’ve had to take our son to get stitched up was a few weeks after we first moved to Malaysia. This was about 5 years ago. My experience with Asian playgrounds ever since has been that it isn’t uncommon for sharp things to poke out of a play […]

Humanity

February 6, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’m attracted to smaller communities. Places where people stand outside and have conversations, help each other, maintain a sense of community. Certain places haven’t jumped to the rush of “evolution” and in some ways it’s a good thing. When did we stop taking long walks, stretching out meals, noticing the mood of our conversations or […]

Catch of the Day

February 2, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Compound Cats I have a little trap, neuter, release operation going on our housing compound. Living the way we do (a high wall surrounding an entire neighborhood with barbed wire) results in a high feline population for likely a number of reasons. Many of these animals are expat pets who are left behind when their […]

Cat Compassion

January 31, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Selfie A sweet ginger cat showed up on our school campus the other day. Actually, the back door was open to my classroom and she walked right in. I couldn’t resist taking a selfie with her as I tend to do this whenever we travel. She doesn’t seem to belong to anybody but is […]

So It Begins…

January 26, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

As a mindfulness educator, I’m trying to reach as many students as I can by offering my service wherever there is an “open door”. I already teach mindfulness to my 4th grade students, and I have been teaching this to my own homeroom class for 5 years, but now I’m trying to take some risks […]