Dinosaur Hunting in Drumheller Alberta

Dinosaur Hunting in Drumheller Alberta

Hanging out with Old Bones Dinosaur Provincial Park I have always loved the drama of a badlands landscape. Dinosaur Valley, as the portion of the Red Deer River east of Calgary is known, is spectacular.  Grasslands and sagebrush topping chocolate flakes of clay,...
Meditating in a Nunnery in Northern India

Meditating in a Nunnery in Northern India

Simplifying My Life Sitting in the courtyard of the nunnery, I eat my delicious breakfast of chapatis, salty hot milk tea and bitter vegetables. The sun is rising over the foothills of the Himalayas, the mountains so close they take my breath away. My heart rings with...
Adventure in Egypt

Adventure in Egypt

How My Guide Helped Me Expand My Comfort Zones I came home from my first trip to Egypt brimming with joy – I had started to appreciate how I was a part of the great river of humanity, and that the hopes and dreams of people from thousands of years ago still resonate...
Adventure on the Myra Canyon Trestles, Kelowna

Adventure on the Myra Canyon Trestles, Kelowna

Confessions of a Flat-Land Cyclist I am the type of cyclist who, if I look over my left shoulder to check if there are any cars coming, is likely to head straight into the ditch on the right.  So riding on a relatively narrow trail that has a severe drop on one...
Adventure In Baduy Land, Java

Adventure In Baduy Land, Java

A Hike into Baduy Land and a Shower with the Chickens I was living in Jakarta, an intriguing city of about 15 million people in Indonesia.  First impressions were of a city in chaos, hopeless gridlock, soaring toll roads, piercing skyscrapers erected next to swampy...

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