This post is an interview with Arlo Rocket Curry. Age 8 1/2 on March 12, 2013.
Me: Hi Arlo, how are you?
Arlo: Good.
Me: Should we tell everyone we are doing this interview in silence?
Arlo: No….
Me: hmm, well but we are… so, lets tell everyone why…
Arlo: Because it’s Nyepi….
It’s the middle of the night, the moon is almost full. An hour ago I could see it – Round and heavy like a woman’s belly in her last days of pregnancy but now it is slipping to the other side. View full article »
This one goes out to all the Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles and cousins that haven’t seen the boys in a while..
Apologizes if you were hoping for something interesting or travelly… check out some of my favorite bloggers from the blog roll at the bottom right and I know you will find something inspiring….. View full article »
Meet Dr. Ating; resident physician at Green School on the island of Bali. When he’s not patching up skinned knees this mild mannered superhero is saving the world one species at a time through the Dr. Ating Foundation. View full article »
Class 2B took a field trip to Agro Wisata, the local silk worm farm……
We set out from the class around 9am; followed the road down to the river, past the “holy spring” and up into the village of Sibang Kaja.
My sweet friend Kate and I took a stroll through our ‘hood snapping some photos and enjoying the day…
Here are a few shots from Desa Canggu and Desa Seseh…… View full article »
I love stories of “ordinary” people doing “extraordinary” things. People who work tirelessly to make the world a better place. They inspire the rest of us to give a little more, try a little harder, complain a little less…..
One afternoon Arlo and I head to Ace Hardware in Kuta to buy some silly string and a terrarium planter but what to are wondering eye should appear? No, not a miniature sleigh and 8 tiny reindeer…. The “Show” ( as all good roustabouts would call it) had arrived! The circus had come to town. View full article »
123 quiet and still is a great game on long car rides. I was always amazed when a group of kids could be quiet and still for more than two minutes but an island of 2 million for 24 hours….impossible…right? Not if you’re in Bali on the day after the dark moon of the spring equinox. The Hindu new year- Neypi- begins with a day of silence. View full article »
