The Letters

The core of my work is a hand-crafted letter I send out every Sunday morning. If you'd like them in your inbox every Sunday, you can subscribe for free.

Kindness won.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

June 14, 2020

Racism.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

June 7, 2020

Showing Love.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

May 31, 2020

Metamorphosis.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

May 24, 2020

Crowbar.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

May 17, 2020

Music.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

May 10, 2020

Acceptance.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

May 3, 2020

Becoming home.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

April 26, 2020

Liminal.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

April 19, 2020

Make Something.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

April 12, 2020

A Little Bit of Everything.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

April 5, 2020

Be Strong. Be Kind.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

March 29, 2020

New Normal

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

March 22, 2020

Vulnerable.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

March 15, 2020

Sanding.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

March 8, 2020

Horses and Beaches and a Smile You Can't Lose.

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

March 1, 2020

A New Perspective

Waiheke, Aotearoa New Zealand

February 23, 2020

A Change of Plans

Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

February 16, 2020

Waitangi Day(s)

Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

February 9, 2020

Gone too soon.

Auckland, New Zealand

February 2, 2020

The past sticks like sap

Auckland, New Zealand

January 26, 2020

Welcome to Waiheke

Waiheke, New Zealand

January 19, 2020

Growth and Stability

Waiheke, New Zealand

January 12, 2020

Getting Started - and the shock of turning on the lights.

Waiheke, New Zealand

January 5, 2020

2020, and The Year Ahead :)

Waiheke, New Zealand

December 29, 2019

Thank You.

Waiheke, New Zealand

December 22, 2019

A Goodbye to Japan

Tokyo, Japan

December 15, 2019

Kyoto and the span of years

Kyōto, Japan

December 8, 2019

Another One Bites the Dust

Kyōto, Japan

December 1, 2019

Walking with Basho

Tokyo, Japan

November 24, 2019

Magic from Mud

Tokyo, Japan

November 17, 2019

Anticlimactic

Tokyo, Japan

November 10, 2019

Still Here

Kraków, Poland

November 3, 2019

Walking in the Rain

Tokyo, Japan

October 27, 2019

Aizuchi - the Japanese Art of Conversation

Tokyo, Japan

October 20, 2019

Welcome to Japan

Tokyo, Japan

October 13, 2019

A Goodbye to Paris

Paris, France

September 8, 2019

My big secret project: The Novel

Paris, France

September 1, 2019

The Best Office in the World

Paris, France

August 25, 2019

On Being Wrong

Paris, France

August 18, 2019

Un Gran Anuncio

Paris, France

August 11, 2019

Paris, Cobblestones, and a Realization.

Paris, France

August 4, 2019

Reader Roundtable Replies: On Space

Paris, France

July 28, 2019

On Death

Paris, France

July 21, 2019

Backup Coffee

Paris, France

July 14, 2019

Leviathans

Paris, France

July 7, 2019

Welcome to Paris

Paris, France

June 30, 2019

A Goodbye to Medellín

Medellín, Colombia

June 23, 2019

The weird thing about leaving

Medellín, Colombia

June 16, 2019

Reader Roundtable: Finding Space

Medellín, Colombia

June 9, 2019

Honest Work

Medellín, Colombia

June 2, 2019

In the Leaves

Medellín, Colombia

May 26, 2019

On Looking Up

Medellín, Colombia

May 19, 2019

On Chapters

Medellín, Colombia

May 12, 2019

What I learned in a Colombian hospital

Medellín, Colombia

May 5, 2019

On ants, being watched, and building a better future.

Medellín, Colombia

April 28, 2019

The Silent Semana

Medellín, Colombia

April 21, 2019

Welcome to Medellín, Colombia

Medellín, Colombia

April 14, 2019

The Life-Changing Magic of Packing

Buenos Aires, Argentina

April 7, 2019

Welcome to Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Argentina

March 31, 2019

Bedrock, rebuilding, and the power of why.

Auckland, New Zealand

October 14, 2018

Not knowing is sometimes the deal.

Auckland, New Zealand

October 7, 2018

Sun-baked

Paris, France

August 5, 2018

Those Quiet French Sunday Mornings

Paris, France

July 22, 2018

A Reckoning

Paris, France

July 15, 2018

Leaving a Mark

Paris, France

June 30, 2018

A Time Capsule

Paris, France

June 17, 2018

On Coming Home

Paris, France

June 10, 2018

Shipwrecked

Waiheke, New Zealand

December 22, 2017

The Best Time to Plant a Tree Was...

Auckland, New Zealand

June 18, 2017

Health and Baby Goats

Auckland, New Zealand

June 11, 2017

Giving Discomfort a Big Ol' Hug

Auckland, New Zealand

June 4, 2017

It's Never What It Looks Like

Auckland, New Zealand

May 14, 2017

On Holding Back

Waiheke, Auckland, New Zealand

May 7, 2017

A New Adventure

Somewhere over the Pacific

April 17, 2017

Leave the Party While You're Still Having Fun

Vail, Arizona, United States

March 19, 2017

Time

Ithaca, New York, United States

March 12, 2017

The Perfect and the Good

Auckland, New Zealand

March 5, 2017

Doubtful Sound and Riding the Waves

Fjordland, South Island, New Zealand

February 26, 2017

Middle Earth (A particularly geeky letter.)

South Island, New Zealand

February 19, 2017

The State of the Union!

Raglan, New Zealand

February 12, 2017

On the Road

North Island, New Zealand

February 5, 2017

A Wild and Woolly World

Auckland, New Zealand

January 29, 2017

Nice, Medium-sized Poppies

Auckland, New Zealand

January 22, 2017

Expect the Unexpected

Auckland, New Zealand

January 15, 2017

Whirlwinds and Sea Changes

Waiheke, Auckland, New Zealand

January 8, 2017

2017, and One Big Wish

Auckland, New Zealand

January 1, 2017

Flashbacks: Paris and Japan

Auckland, New Zealand

December 25, 2016

Flashbacks: Argentina and Thailand

Auckland, New Zealand

December 18, 2016

Flashback: Spain and Rwanda

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

December 11, 2016

You are not alone. I am not alone. We are not alone.

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

December 4, 2016

Thank You

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

November 27, 2016

The Beauty of Things That Don't Last

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

November 20, 2016

Oof. What a week.

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

November 13, 2016

A 1,300 Year-old Poetry Slam

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

November 6, 2016

Of Well-Earned Exhaustion

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

October 30, 2016

The Extraordinary

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

October 23, 2016

A Quick Pit Stop

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

October 16, 2016

What I found in a 700-year-old Zen garden

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

October 9, 2016

Of Depression and Triumph

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

October 2, 2016

Welcome to Japan

Kyōto-shi, Kyōto-fu, Japan

September 25, 2016

A Goodbye to Paris

Paris, Île-de-France, France

September 18, 2016

I Ran Out of Spoons

Paris, Île-de-France, France

September 11, 2016

What I Learned from a Straight-Razor Shave

Paris, Île-de-France, France

September 4, 2016

A Last Stretch of Summer

Paris, Île-de-France, France

August 28, 2016

The Power of the Olympics

Paris, Île-de-France, France

August 21, 2016

Ahh, those French Vacations.

Paris, Île-de-France, France

August 14, 2016

The Tour de France, and the value of big mountains.

Paris, Île-de-France, France

August 7, 2016

It's Here!!

Paris, Île-de-France, France

July 31, 2016

Almost there!

Paris, Île-de-France, France

July 24, 2016

Big news! (and I <3 Paris)

Paris, Île-de-France, France

July 17, 2016

Nice, and a Hand Up.

Paris, Île-de-France, France

July 15, 2016

Bad Surprises and Good Opportunities

Paris, Île-de-France, France

July 10, 2016

Welcome to...

Paris, Île-de-France, France

July 3, 2016

Last Glimpses of Mendoza

Mendoza, Argentina

June 26, 2016

Learning to Tango: Look at my chest!

Mendoza, Argentina

June 19, 2016

My first love was always poetry.

Mendoza, Argentina

June 12, 2016

Looking up.

Mendoza, Argentina

June 5, 2016

Mendoza, Argentina and a long, deep breath.

Mendoza, Argentina

May 29, 2016

Gentrification, Old Women, and Armed Mobs

Bangkok, Thailand

May 22, 2016

Bees

Bangkok, Thailand

May 15, 2016

Different

Bangkok, Thailand

May 8, 2016

Try Everything

Bangkok, Thailand

May 1, 2016

Awesome Humanity or Bust

Bangkok, Thailand

April 24, 2016

Happy Thai New Year - the Wettest New Year on Earth. :)

Bangkok, Thailand

April 17, 2016

And sometimes, depression.

Bangkok, Thailand

April 10, 2016

My First Word

Bangkok, Thailand

April 3, 2016

Welcome to Bangkok

Bangkok, Thailand

March 27, 2016

Home

Sonoran Desert, Arizona, United States

March 20, 2016

Do You Fly?

Los Angeles, California, United States

March 13, 2016

A Goodbye to Rwanda

Kigali, Kigali Province, Rwanda

March 6, 2016

The Power of Saying It Out Loud

Kigali, Kigali Province, Rwanda

February 28, 2016

Unsettled

Kigali, Kigali Province, Rwanda

February 21, 2016

My (Other) Big Secret

Kigali, Kigali Province, Rwanda

February 14, 2016

My Big Secret

Kigali, Kigali Province, Rwanda

February 7, 2016

Welcome to Rwanda

Kigali, Kigali Province, Rwanda

January 31, 2016

Spanish Cobblestones and Brushstrokes

Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

January 24, 2016

A love letter to Medellín, Colombia

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

January 17, 2016

The things I'll never get to.

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

January 10, 2016

2016 and the Amazing Year Ahead.

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

January 3, 2016

My Strange Holiday Tradition

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

December 27, 2015

Grateful.

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

December 20, 2015

Flashback: Mexico

San Cristóbal and Puerto Escondido, Mexico

December 13, 2015

Flashback: Never Say...

Bangkok, Thailand

December 6, 2015

Flashback: Thailand

Phuket and Bangkok, Thailand

November 29, 2015

Happy First Year!

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

November 22, 2015

Big-Hearted

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

November 15, 2015

Changing the World and a Big Announcement

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

November 8, 2015

AI and Our Future

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

November 1, 2015

Looking Over the Mountains

Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

October 25, 2015

On Not Knowing

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

October 18, 2015

The letter for October 11, 2015

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

October 11, 2015

That's it.

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

September 27, 2015

I <3 Medellin

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

September 20, 2015

My last letter from Mexico

Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico

September 13, 2015

My last entomatadas, and a wonderful abuela.

Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Mexico

September 6, 2015

The first thing to hit your nose is decaying papayas.

August 29, 2015

"He said he'll be back in an hour... but this is Mexico."

May 29, 2015

It's the way the heat sinks into your bones on the fourth day.

May 22, 2015

“When I say get up,” he said, “GET UP.”

May 21, 2015

The 6 Things I Learned in San Cristóbal

May 17, 2015

Burnout is a Real Thing.

May 15, 2015

Why I Keep Moving

May 14, 2015

What Cinco de Mayo in Mexico Is Really Like

May 9, 2015

The Struggle of San Cristobal

May 3, 2015

The Challenge of Catholicism

April 15, 2015

Explosive Diarrhea is Awesome

April 12, 2015

The Most Important Thing About an Interlude

April 5, 2015

Home is Just a Story.

March 22, 2015

Sammy the Cat, Love, and Memories that Live in the Body

March 16, 2015

The Things I Loved Most About Thailand

March 10, 2015

The egg asked, “What will happen?”

March 3, 2015

Chinese New Year in Bangkok. And dragons. And stories.

February 19, 2015

50 Shades of Spinach

February 17, 2015

Fourteen Nights in Bangkok

February 15, 2015

A Place Where Everything Is For Sale. Everything.

February 7, 2015

Khlong Toey, Bangkok's Scariest* Market.

January 31, 2015

How to Get to Parkour in Bangkok When You're Running Late.

January 28, 2015

I &lt;3 Chiang Rai

January 26, 2015

Buddhism isn't dead.

January 25, 2015

A Goodbye to Chiang Mai

January 24, 2015

Pure. Food. Porn.

January 22, 2015

I had some of the best Thai food I've ever eaten today. And I made it.

January 22, 2015

My Massage in a Thai Prison

January 20, 2015

A quiet afternoon at my favorite restaurant in Chiang Mai

January 17, 2015

And then there was the night I spent looking up how to throw up on the internet.

January 15, 2015

Chiang Mai is Boring.

January 13, 2015

How to Change Out the Tissue Box In Thailand

January 9, 2015

This mask will not protect me.

January 6, 2015

People. Are. Awesome.

January 5, 2015

Saying Goodbye to Phuket

December 30, 2014

The Best Thing in Phuket, Thailand is the Butterfly Garden.

December 29, 2014

How to Run in Thailand. (and not die.)

December 27, 2014

Thailand, finally slowing down.

December 24, 2014

The Big Buddha, Light, and Shadow

December 24, 2014

Unsubscribing from the rat-race.

December 24, 2014

In Defense of the Second Menu

December 24, 2014

“Can you drive scooter?”

December 24, 2014