As I walk down the street on this summer day, I’m walking through every other summer day that came before. All of the ones contained within me burst open like that barefooted girl running…
Posts tagged reflection
Forgiving past versions of ourselves
Are you ever triggered by a photo, a memory, a thought that suddenly forces you to remember a time when you acted really stupid or hurtfully? Maybe you said the wrong thing or acted like…
Aging, Falling
A man walks into a cafe. He’s a little drunk. He looks to his left, and falls over an unsuspecting table at the sight of a beautiful woman lounging on a couch Men fall over…
On feeling behind..what does it mean to have wasted time?
Sometimes I find myself dwelling on all the time I’ve wasted. On how behind I am at everything in life and how far ahead everyone else seems to be. Whether it’s how long it took…
Thought bubbles: Travel before
Sometimes I wonder what it must have been like to travel before mass tourism. Before guidebooks, before the internet, before Trip Advisor, before data plans and SIM cards. Before globalization and the rapid spread of…
Travel Vignettes — Macau
If you’ve ever been to Portugal, Macau will feel strikingly familiar. A “de-facto” colony of Portugal’s since 1557 it was – surprisingly – only handed back over to China in 1999. So it’s no wonder…