On Bali-day

:: 6.5.12 or 5.6.12, Depending on Where You Are :: Another Sweet Sleep Get Out my Trekking Pants A Half-Hour of Yoga that Turns into a Full One A Fully Delicious Breakfast – Literally Breaking the Fast Scrambled Eggs, Marinated Tomatoes, Veggies, Toast, Best Fruit...

Nature’s Night

:: The Sky Inside :: Yoga in the Sky I Find my Center, Become Aligned My Reflection Guides Me Azoo is awaiting me at dinner Pork and Veggies, Fried Bananas and Vanilla Ice Cream I meet my first Americans here in Bali…they seem surprised that i’ve only been here for...

Partial Eclipse of the Heart

On Fear: (or rather, Off Fear) usually when i need to use the bathroom that is located 10 meters from my sleeping quarters, i hear that crazy frog and i imagine that someone is going to leap out from behind the glowing purple Buddha and kill me. i start to panic....

Bali Mountain Morning

:: Spreading our Wings and Learning to Fly :: Most Peaceful, Restful Sleep of this trip – i Slept almost Ten Hours! Finish Computer Programming Final(ly)! Virtual Connection with the World Briefly Reestablished Azoo Waits for me at Breakfast – Good Morning, Friend!...

At Home in the Sky

i just met Richard, who owns the Bali Mountain Retreat. he moved from Holland to Australia at a young age. he said that he doesn’t necessarily affiliate with the latter country because of its politics and because it never felt like home. i guess no matter how long one...

Signs, Signs Everywhere Signs

driving through the city of Tabanan, i closed the window. there is not good air here. it feels different on my face. this Lobsterbird is becoming so sensitive to these subtle shifts. < ooh, i meant to put on my Salonpas (which is becoming a sort of travel ritual),...

To the Mountains we Ride!

Villa Surya Abadi = House of the Sun Life Forever ~ Wayan, my driver to the Bali Mountain Retreat ~ after a lovely evening with the girls last night, i am on my way to the Mountain! Karen asked me this morning if i felt nervous… my answer was no— and i truly feel...

Hummingbirds can Have their Cake and Eat it Too

as i was buying little tortes in anticipation of the Girls returning from their epic trekking day and in celebration of the birth of Bora and Karen, i saw this! and at a place called “Casa” to boot! while we were in Canggu, we ate dinner at the oddly...

Being Alone with Others

i left the Villa because the staff was taking down the decorations that they had erected for Karen and Bora’s birthday celebration. so i came to get food because i was starving and annoyed by Max anyway. (the computer programming software, not some other random person...

Practicing Gypsy Freedom

Villa Gitana = Gypsy Villa i arrived at Villa Gitana and almost immediately proceeded to do yoga. i haven’t done yoga (at least not in the traditional sense and certainly not as my normal daily practice) since i got to Southeast Asia… my body was in pain from all the...