For the second half of June 2026, I traveled around the United Kingdom with my meditation-family-brother and friend, Andy. Andy lives in Arthur's house in Langho, near Manchester, England. He had taken two weeks off and planned a whirlwind tour for us. After our London adventure (see my last blog if you missed it), Andy and I took a train northwest toward his home, in the county of Lancashire (aka "the Shire"). I had visited Andy and stayed at Arthur's house before, three ye

Summer in southeastern Vermont is glorious. What could possibly be the reason to leave Brattleboro in summer?!

Thailand had not been on my radar. Other destinations had been on my radar. I thought that after Crete I would be spending time with Madam Sisca in Tanzania, Africa, and maybe check out Mozambique from there. After that, I had hoped to make my way to Cape Town, South Africa to visit my Meditation Family friend, James. The Tanzania plan fell through when Madam Sisca's parents needed her attention in India, so the African domino tour never got started. Then, a friend in Athens