A Gish Out of Water

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Writing a final blog can be intimidating. That's perhaps the reason why it's been exactly a month since coming home, and I still hav...

I've lived for three years in Indonesia with an inflated sense of coolness. When people hear that I work with police, they tend to make ...

Call me Gisboger. A hardened sailor, I am not. I’m pretty much afraid of everything that lies just below the water’s surface. Coral, jelly...

For two and a half years, I've had Tana Toraja on my list of 'must sees' before leaving Indonesia. Every time I heard mention ...

If you've ever asked yourself -  Just what is the nectar of the gods? - you've come to the right blog. The answer is...wait, what...

For twenty-nine years, I have been a run-of-the-mill, Midwestern protestant, and I will likely remain as some form or another of that for th...