TobyOne balmy evening in Domincal, Costa Rica, two friends and I found ourselves stuck in conversation with a friendly tourist from the United States. Despite […]
Tag: nomadism
Wanderlusters: Running Away Doesn’t Work. (But Run Anyway!)
Originally published at elephant journal—7 September, 2016. This is fun. I’m going through some old writings in anticipation of a possible project or two, and […]
“Won’t You Stay?” A Short Story about Leaving.
Written in Taghazout, Morocco in October 2016. Originally published in elephant journal. Won’t You Stay? A bird came to rest on a branch outside my window one […]
Struggle: A Travel Manifesto
If you travel (or live), where the mother tongue is not your mother tongue, you will struggle. The mundane will become complex and challenging, and […]
Ah, The Life Of A Vagabond (Poetry)
It’s rare that I share poetry here (if you want more of that, check out my column on elephant journal). But I would like to […]
The Intoxicating Unknown, and Solitude
The plane lands with a jolt. Rolls to the gate. Shuts off the engines. You and the other passengers file off the aircraft. Through the […]
Did You Find What You Were Looking For? (Camino Reflections, Part 10000)
My last visit to London, in July of this year, I had dinner with a former classmate. We had taken “Intro to Buddhism” together. I […]
The Modern-Day Renunciate
Sobrado de Monxes Cathedral, Galicia, Spain. He asked if there was water nearby. The two dogs, attached to his belt by lengths of thick rope, […]
Journeys All The Way Down
Goes into the post office to mail home some books… 30 minutes and 90 stamps later ^^ Once, a great guru came to a small […]
Vagabonding vs Bonding: On Staying in Touch
Reunited in Cape Town: Hiking Table Mountain Is it hard to form deep, enduring friendships when you’re always moving around? I get that question a […]