On Leaving Our Soul Behind
The year was 1999. My mother died in the dog days of summer. The weight coming down was crushing. That grief is so hard to explain unless you’ve been in it. We didn’t have a perfect relationship. [...]
In Asia: Of Ghosts and Wanderers
Ghosts. They be out there. Or not. Asians strongly believe in ghosts, in many regions. Their cultures are thousands of years old, so perhaps they’re onto something. Most of us dismiss these [...]
In Search of Stillness: The Oaxacan Chapter Looms
I’m down to my final 50 hours in Vancouver and then I leave on yet another jetplane, taking me to Oaxaca, Mexico, which I believe to my core will be a huge turning point in my travels, my life, [...]