I'm working on it, trying to be positive. I'm going to list all the nice things that have happened or gone well in the last week, just on a personal level because it's not worth looking elsewhere at the moment. I caught a train that I was completely going to miss. I didn't realize that... Continue Reading →
News Flash
Today I want to propose a dream of mine, but first an aside. I've written a novel about a "perfect" society (and trying to find an agent for the novel at the moment; everybody cross their fingers for me, and if you want a copy, I'll send you the .pdf!) The society is not really... Continue Reading →
Naming Names
I watched a brilliant documentary last night called Je Chanterai pour Toi about the Malian musician Boubacar Traoré. It made me think a lot about Africa. When I first started traveling, I was incredibly curious to go to Timbuktu, which was a city that just seemed the epitome of far far away. When I was... Continue Reading →
The Apocalypse
I've been having weird dreams recently. Last night it was about learning some skill set that would be useful if the world fell apart, you know, after the apocalypse. Like, my (awesome) friend with sheep knows how to process wool from animal to comfy sweater, and that would be a useful thing to know how... Continue Reading →