Archive for October, 2005

Something I Learned One Night, Far Away

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

One warm night last year in Nha-Trang, Vietnam, I was talking with a man named Dave, a man who would later become a great friend of mine. From the streets of a bad part of England, he had a wide unshaven grin, and a kindness that softened his immense power. His job was emergency aid […]

The Inexplicable Allure Of Far Away

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

Why is it that the rest of the world seems more real to me than my home? Why is it that I am passionate about hiking the hills of Afghanistan but I constantly need to be reminded of the existience of Joshua Tree National Park, which I could visit any weekend? Why do I want […]