Another Christmas Abroad for the Nomad
Sleepless in Sicily. Was it the full moon? The Winter Solstice? No, probably the ¾-pound bag of pistachios I munched on all day yesterday. Throughout the last two years of nomad life, pistachios [...]
The Art of Stopping: Even Nomads Need a Home
Being a nomad is a constant judgement call. Every day, choices are made on which I have not nearly enough information. Is this bakery better than that? What toilet paper should I get? This yogurt [...]
Notes From A Soupmaking Sunday in Sofia
It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, but not in Bulgaria. Still, being gainfully employed in Canada, I get a paid statutory holiday. Yay for money for nothing. (Insert Dire Straits playing in the [...]
The World Behind Nomad Eyes
A mottled grey sky hides an ambitious sun, peeking out here and there, revealing the proverbial silver linings to my nomad eyes. It’s cooler than usual here in Sofia, the end of a cold spell that [...]
In Asia: Of Ghosts and Wanderers
Ghosts. They be out there. Or not. Asians strongly believe in ghosts, in many regions. Their cultures are thousands of years old, so perhaps they’re onto something. Most of us dismiss these [...]