Here you'll find my stories from my time in Bali, Indonesia. I first visited Bali in June of 2014 and I stayed for over two months because I simply loved the people, the nature, the food, the history, the culture... and the dogs.
Travel Memories: Dogs in Asia
This little guy came rushing outside when two dudes with pit bulls on leashes came up the road to exercise their clearly valuable animals. The neighborhood dogs got up in arms and began running up the street to circle the dogs and see if there was any challenge to be taken. Clearly there was not. Both of these pitties had…
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Travel Memories: Grateful For Home
There is so much that I love about Bali– the nature, the food, the people. But I am always remembering that there is so much to love about my own country, the USA. America is large and has some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes complete with oceans, lakes, forests, plains, mountains and deserts. We have a variety of delicious…
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Travel Memories: That Moment I Fell In Love With Asia
I wanted to go someplace special to find something special; to have an adventure. I didn’t know what. I didn’t know where. I was told that the food market was dirty and grungy and I wouldn’t want to go there. A little something in my gut twinged and I thought to myself, hmm… Well, I ended up there an hour later– in the…
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Travel Memories: Selfie with Transfixed Kids in Ubud, Bali
Selfie with transfixed kids. I never know if it’s my spirit that makes them gather around, giggle and point or my big smile; or perhaps it’s my broken Balinese. Maybe it’s my American-ness… or my brown skin. I think, though, above all, it is my Spirit. I love it here and it shows. People come out of their homes…
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Travel Memories– Healing an Affliction in Ubud, Bali
Living spiritcentrically is not as easy as I thought. You gotta be present all the time– listening and breathing. But when you open up to it, you get lead up magical paths… I went to see four healers about the uterine fibroids I have been carrying around these last 20 years. After each session, the fibroids have shrunk and my…
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Travel Memories: Being Black and Beautiful in Bali
I was walking down a peaceful street, and as I was passing a stately family compound I heard someone shout, “Black! Hey, Black!” I felt myself slow down because I was clearly the only ‘Black’ on this little road, and I turn around to see a couple of old Balinese men lounging on a bale, smoking cigarettes and chilling. “How…
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Travel Memories: Feeling Warm in Bali
Here in Bali, when you smile, people take that as an invitation to learn about you. They are genuinely interested in how you live, how you feel and what’s in your heart. They will ask you to come to their homes and meet their family. They will offer you food and drink. This is a very kind and generous place…
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Travel Memories: Accepting My Fairy Nature in Bali, Indonesia
I got a call the other day from the Fairy Queen. She said, “Look, child. You’re going to have to accept those aspects of yourself that are most like us, for you are one of us. You’ve always wanted to be of the Air. Well, you are. We will send you messengers who will dance with you when you are…
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Travel Memories: Loving Kindness in Bali
Gosh. Imagine that you’re walking through the jungle, singing a happy tune, looking for butterflies, snakes and giant water lizards in the river. And out of the green comes a lovely Balinese woman with a basket on her head and a knife in one hand. She smiles sweetly and asks where you are from. You say in your best California…
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Travel Memories: The Most Beautiful Wasp’s Nest
A wasp’s nest is a thing of architectural beauty. This one reminds me of a decorative condominium. I could live in this beautiful box… well. I would need a window…
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I Am The Fairy Queen
Last night I came home to find a dead red wasp in my apartment, just inside the entrance from the balcony. I felt dismayed because I was barefoot and my apartment was dark. I could easily have stepped on that thing and gotten a nasty sting. I was strangely nervous and irritated by it for a few reasons. The first…
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