
An Bang Orchestra
Here in An Bang Beach, Hoi An, we’ve become intimately acquainted with our neighbourhood’s nightly symphony. Last night, like all others, we were once

Here in An Bang Beach, Hoi An, we’ve become intimately acquainted with our neighbourhood’s nightly symphony. Last night, like all others, we were once

The little alley where our rental house sits is a well-worn path – one of many An Bang (In Vietnam) thoroughfares too narrow for

“Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.” Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Vietnamese Zen master, peace activist, and spiritual leader In the heart

Shy. Kind. Careful. Considerate. Caring. Your legacy. A life well lived. Fleeting like all lives of course but we will miss your gentle presence

(“Solkatt” – Swedish for “a playful reflection of the sun”) Who Am I? I am the jerk who cut you off when you were

Navigating Korean roundabouts taught me more about life than any meditation retreat. As newcomers from North America and Sweden, Håkan and I watched in

Where Am I? It’s one of these questions that can either be quite easy to answer or very complicated. So, easy first. Where am

We meet someone new and instinctively ask, “What do you do for a living?” Yet imagine if instead, we asked, “What do you believe

Surely, there will be another time. Next year, I will ……… Once we’ve put our kids through college, we will….. I wish I had

There’s a profound passage in Buddhist literature that illuminates the nature of happiness and suffering. It suggests that what we typically perceive as happiness