Valencia, Spain

12 Dec

As I walked through the Jardin in Valencia, I observed. The people here are very active. They bike, run, walk, play with their dogs. It’s a great city and I would love to lay some roots here. On the outskirts, probably. Near the park. Somewhere.

There’s a guy jogging, fast-paced, headphones in and sunglasses on, with a cute unleashed white terrier bounding a few steps behind. The dog keeps up pace with the runner, almost perfectly. I wondered if they knew each other before this momentary intersection of worlds/lives, or if the dog was bored and looking for a companion to chase. I wondered if they were just moving at the same speed and in the same direction. I wondered if the dude trained the dog to run behind him, and was merely ignoring it.

Then, something just *CLICKED.* Something I keep forgetting to remember.

Something about the chance meeting of any souls in the universe. Something about what draws, pulls, and maintains these connections. Or, more specifically, what breaks, diverts, and changes the directions of the chosen paths? What is the grand master scheme?

Wish I could remember.

Salinas, Italy

12 Dec

Salinas, Italy

This place is full of love and romance. At night the flowers emit a scent that makes me go dreamy-eyed and breathe deeply. I breathe in the night, the sea, the stars, and everything in between.


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Morven’s Wall

26 Nov

Morven’s Wall

I wish I could take credit for it, but it was a total integrative effort…
Marnie was artistic director with help painting from:
Jen, Jenna, Dana, Amy, Laura, Angela, some others, and I.

How beautiful. They’re wallsize.
The mandala is finished, but I think the chakras still need some fixins.

 

Mandala

 

Morven as the Earthly Mother, chakras and all.

 

 

 

 

KeeSang’s Guitar Debut

25 Nov

Meet KeeSang, he’s awesome.
It’s not perfect, but this song is worth the listen.

Hiking Seoraksan… immeasurable beauty.

25 Nov

Hiking Seoraksan… immeasurable beauty.

How shall I describe watching the sun set and rise atop the highest peak of continental South Korea? It’s silly to try, but I will.
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Halloween Zombie Crawl

24 Nov

Halloween Zombie Crawl

This has been by far my coolest Halloween. What better than to dress up and scare the hell out of Koreans?
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Yang Yang Salmon Festival

22 Nov

Yang Yang Salmon Festival

Every year salmon swim upstream in October, before they lay their eggs. (Had I known they didn’t lay the eggs yet, I would have thought twice about partaking.) Every year YangYang has a big salmon festival to commemorate the event. You can buy fresh salmon, eat fresh salmon, learn about salmon, make salmon prints, and take pictures with killer salmon. You can also pay a mere fee of 20,000 won to catch a salmon with your hands!
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Second Quarter of Life

7 Nov

As surely as the sunset in my latest November
shall translate me to the ethereal world,
and remind me of the ruddy morning of youth;

… ?

-Thoreau

-Thoreau

Chuesok and the DMZ

26 Sep

Chuesok and the DMZ

‘Chuesok’ is the Korean Thanksgiving. After celebrating with our students, Amy and I celebrated the harvest season by testing our physical, mental, and emotional endurance… we rode our bikes to the DMZ (the delmilitarized zone between north and south korea.) It was fairly exhausting, and now that we’re back and safe, I can say it was my favorite adventure thus far in my lifetime.

 

my ride
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“Under a Honeymoon”

25 Aug

“Under a Honeymoon”

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Summer thus far has been a long countdown until Nick’s vacation in Korea. The final weeks were agony, the final hours were torture. BUT, after HOURS of waiting at gate2 in Seoul, we were FINALLY reunited. Hover over the photos for some comments…
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