What Happens When You Jump

Spring 2008
I’ve been working on getting internet in my bungalow for about 3 weeks. Without it, several times a week I spend most of the day walking down into town, checking email, going to market, doing other errands, and returning back home either by walking or combi (public minibus) by around 4. That’s practically a [...]

I am aware today that I am living as though I am dying. Sometimes people seem uncomfortable when I communicate this and quickly interject, “But you’re not dying!” The truth is, I don’t know how much time I have. And so, I am living as though I am dying. It strikes me that to live [...]

Written during my first six months living in a village in Mexico, 2006. A time of doing exactly what I wanted to do, when and how I wanted to do it.
Mid November….it’s a Tuesday
This is one of the things I’m enjoying. I’ve looked at a watch about four times since I’m here, and I sometimes [...]