Saying Goodbye Waves rushed up the beach, displacing frail shells and frosted pieces of sea glass with each surge. I sat at the top of the sandy slope, letting the lukewarm ocean water barely wet my feet. One by one, beachgoers packed up their towels and brushed off the sand clinging to their bodies. Three … Continued
“After work tonight, I have to get me-dad some dog food,” our taxi driver says in his heavy Irish accent. “He no longer drives or carries thee bags.” This jolly-fellowed man knows his Dublin. Sitting next to my husband Bill, I rest into the cab’s backseat, listening to the driver’s melodic words. The cab seems … Continued
My Haven. The voice on the inspirational relaxation CD instructed me to “Find a place where I could relax and feel comfortable. Study it. Commit to memory how it looks, how it sounds, how it smells and above all how it affects my feelings.” The theory was that if I could internalise the actual sensations … Continued
Priceless Lessons from a Penniless Society The rickety bus, ornamentally embellished in psychedelic colours, pants for breath as it pauses while scrambling up the corkscrew contours. A little girl runs towards the bus, her thin legs kicking up a cloud of dust all along the trail. Her hair and the envelope in her hand – … Continued
I moved around a lot growing up and at times felt like an alien or an outsider in my own life. Like a chameleon, I learned to mold and blend and change my colors in order to survive and connect with the world. I attended nine different schools spread between three geographical locations before college. My … Continued
The driver of the boat was leaning over us as we scrambled to secure our fins and snorkels. I’m sure he was barking instructions and urging us forward into the water but all I heard was the rush of my blood pulsing past my ears. Steady now. Be calm. Don’t splash, just ease into the … Continued
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates vision for tomorrow- Inerspace. … Continued
It’s quiet up here. The wind is calm, the trees are still, the snow lay underneath me unmoving. My lungs are the only things moving. Inhale. Exhale. It’s a peaceful place the top of mountain. The wintery earth spreads our for miles around me, tall evergreens sprinkled with snow … Continued
Tierra del Fuego has always been a distant jewel, a place where adventures start, a desolate wonder, a frontier island. The ‘Land of Fire’ that hooks out of Patagonia, the name a reference to the first people, indigenous Fuegians, who burned fires in front of their huts. I’ve always imagined travelling this outlandish … Continued
A heavy swell is hitting the shelves while the sea rises into grand columns that fountain as they’re drawn sideways by strong easterlies. Occasional geyser spouts are forced through narrow fissures, how the giant petrels avoid them is a marvel of evolution. On land, and close up, these birds are clumsy looking creatures yet … Continued