• Dreaming Colombo

    Dreaming Colombo

    Placeholder text for a post on Place Stories. Capital of Sri Lanka. A dreamy place. Humid, lush, alive. One night I headed to the Muslim area for street food. Then I went to the public wholesale goods market, which was bustling. The scent of spices wafted throughout the alleyways. Colors splashed everywhere. The red mosque… Read more

  • Wyatt Earp

    Wyatt Earp

    This is my loyal horse, my companion, the bicycle that brings me great joy, on which I discovered the way I cycle is closer to the cerebral and emotional rhythms of walking rather than cycling. I stop frequently, I like having destinations but I am not bound by endings. I meander. I putter around. I… Read more

  • Wyatt Earp

    Wyatt Earp

    This is my loyal horse, my companion, the bicycle that brings me great joy, on which I discovered the way I cycle is closer to the cerebral and emotional rhythms of walking rather than cycling. I stop frequently, I like having destinations but I am not bound by endings. I meander. I putter around. I… Read more

  • Defending the Future: Steve Sawyer

    Defending the Future: Steve Sawyer

    “There are salacious rumors going around saying our planet is burning and that you are no longer around. Only the latter is false. Along Rue de Dunkerque I passed by Terminus Nord the other day and paused, remembering when you walked in by chance, with lovely Shruti, and later Athena joined. Sze Ping and I… Read more

  • Defending the Future: Steve Sawyer

    Defending the Future: Steve Sawyer

    “There are salacious rumors going around saying our planet is burning and that you are no longer around. Only the latter is false. Along Rue de Dunkerque I passed by Terminus Nord the other day and paused, remembering when you walked in by chance, with lovely Shruti, and later Athena joined. Sze Ping and I… Read more

  • Jeff Woodke, the Ransomed Poet

    Jeff Woodke, the Ransomed Poet

    My good friend, Jeff Woodke. We first met in the climate negotiations sometime in the first decade of the new millennium. I was with Greenpeace International then, and he was with Tearfund, a non-profit set up by evangelicals, which was quite surprising. Jeff had a wicked sense of humor; we laughed often, at others, at… Read more