Civilization Pampers Us With Convenience
What if life were richer and more rewarding without conveniences at every turn? Continue reading Civilization Pampers Us With Convenience
Our Major Episode: Why Is There A Mental Health Crisis and What Can We Do About It?
1. In the midst of pain, we forget we are more than what happens to us. Continue reading Our Major Episode: Why Is There A Mental Health Crisis and What Can We Do About It?
Back When We Were in ‘Nam (Part 4): Hải Vân Pass
The gang climb to Hai Van Pass, rated in the world’s top ten most beatiful coastal roads. Really only slightly less beautiful, when the engine is falling out the bottom of your bike… Continue reading Back When We Were in ‘Nam (Part 4): Hải Vân Pass
Back When We Were in ‘Nam (Part 3): The Value of The Whole
Arriving back at the intersection, Jared eased his bike over to the traffic lights where the entire gang had sat only 15 minutes earlier. Kadunk. Stalling, he had found, required far less energy than turning the bike off. Especially when … Continue reading Back When We Were in ‘Nam (Part 3): The Value of The Whole
Back When We Were in ‘Nam (Part 2): Big City Life
“Could you be looooved, and be loved?” They were idling at an intersection in Da Nang and had been doing so for approximately 1 minute and 45 seconds. The eyes of a hundred local riders rested from time to time … Continue reading Back When We Were in ‘Nam (Part 2): Big City Life
Back When We Were in ‘Nam: Motorcycling from Hoi An to Hanoi
Part 1 – The Gathering of the Wins There had been a conspiracy. After days of discussing how and how soon the motorbikes would be purchased, the deed was done. Arriving back from a morning of crepes and OJ from … Continue reading Back When We Were in ‘Nam: Motorcycling from Hoi An to Hanoi
A Decision About More than a Jab
I found it hard to know what to do about showing up to my vaccination last month. Locking down with my parents on a far more apocalypse-friendly bush retreat in the backroads of Makarau, our bubble has become an absolute … Continue reading A Decision About More than a Jab
Heavenly Bodies
I drift, Every now and then To your cloud You sense my high But not the Low Pressure System That compels it I aspire to your heights But am sick to my stomach A vertigo beyond the reach of words … Continue reading Heavenly Bodies
Flying North (Consensus)
A flock of gulls, Bird-brained as they are Will fly north As one When the time is right They read the time But how do they know When it’s right? A flock of gulls, Bird-brained as they are Continue reading Flying North (Consensus)
The Cola-Fin™
Tentacles rising With a quick fell sweep Come a’slither down over Our quaint little beach The Cola-Fin! Ack! He’s at it again! He’ll hand out free samples Then AWAY to his den! Of corporate contraptions And odd ends and bits … Continue reading The Cola-Fin™
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