A couple of years ago I read Simon Sinek's book, Start with Why. As our time here draws to a close, I thought it time to answer the...

Since arriving in Chiang Mai in January, I've been sharing different "Drink of the Day" drinks found here. Today's drink? Water. Why...

More lessons from another bird unique to tropical Asia--the Asian Koel. Personally, I've never seen this bird, but I have tried. It likes...

Zoning laws are held loosely in Thailand, if there are any at all. Which is why, as long as I can remember, there has always been a wide...

Too tired to cook? Too hot to cook? Don't feel like going out to get food? Why not order in? It's easy in Thailand. Just give Grab,...

When our family moved to Thailand to work with minority language groups many years ago, my husband and I were introduced to a book by...

Two days ago I woke up and, overnight, my world had changed. Oh the birds still twittered outside our window and the sun still rose...

This past Friday I did something that I've never done before in all the years we've lived here--I went fishing! I'm familiar with...

One of my favourite things to do here: visit Warorot Market, the large day market. From a distance, it doesn't look like much. But in...

Three days ago we returned to Thailand--NOT for the first time but for the 11th time, if my memory serves me correctly. It's been almost...

As Christmas approached when I was growing up, I couldn't wait for the Sears Wish Book. My sisters and I would actually fight over who...

Are you familiar with the following poem? How does it make you feel? Even though Rewriting Adam is a novel, I wanted to incorporate my...

It's been a rough month for me. How about for you? Dear Reader/Follower. I must apologize. I've been pretty quiet on social media of any...

Putao. Where in the world is that? And why am I writing about it? Does this map help you? Or maybe these names will give you more clue:...

About five years ago, I decided to write down everything I could remember of our two years in the Philippines from 1992-1994. Even though...

That fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.

Snippets of life as a novelist working toward publishing my first novel. I have been working on a novel titled Rewriting Adam for the...