I injured my face two days ago. I plowed right into a thin piece of plywood hanging out the back of someone’s pickup truck. I’m fortunate it wasn’t my eye. My injuries could have been worse. I’m pretty sure this wasn’t a mere freak accident […]
I’ve been trying to do things I’ve never done before and/or that make me initially uncomfortable. I got my ass kicked in a Buti yoga class this evening. It was my first and it won’t be my last. I’ve always loved regular yoga, so this wasn’t […]
My first impression of Cusco, Peru was the vibrancy of color underneath partly cloudy skies. Coca tea leaves were being handed out in the airport and a man holding a big, white sign with my name scrawled across it in black letters followed closely behind. […]
One of the lesser-known parts and certainly one of the least talked about parts of solo traveling is loneliness. Yes, it’s life-changing, soul-smacking, spirit enhancing, thought-provoking wonder, but with it also comes a sense of despair. Especially if said solo traveling was born out of […]
Two days after the east coast earthquake, I was once again sitting at my tiny desk in my tiny office when my phone rang. It was my mother’s number. We spoke every single day, so this wasn’t unusual. The unusual part was that it was […]
I was experiencing what felt a lot like vertigo. Was the building swaying or was I just imagining this? I was on the tenth floor of a Manhattan office building, sitting at my tiny desk in my tiny office that I shared with one other […]
In the middle of the Southern California desert, somewhere off historic Route 66, there are two hundred outdoor art installations primarily created out of colorful glass bottles. Elmer’s Bottletree Ranch collection belongs to a man named Elmer Long. As a child, Elmer and his father […]
Reiki, by definition, is a spiritual healing technique by which a therapist channels energy into a patient by means of touch. This activates the natural healing processes of the patient’s body. The intention is to restore emotional and physical wellbeing, spiritual healing. Some might argue […]
Traveling was considered a luxury that just wasn’t available to my family. Due to finances, a family vacation was non-existent. I was invited on two separate occasions to join a friend’s family on their family vacations, however. These trips led me to my first camping […]
