Recalibrations

“Please fasten your seatbelts… Put away your electronic devices…” I’ve already read every word in the inflight mag during my two previous flights this month, so I read my own diary and discover with delight a journal of contentedness, growth and gratitude. (Who knew?) It’s a backward-looking journey to share, because there are lessons there. 24 November 2016, Wattay…

Life’s like that: Lessons learned motorcycling in Laos

1. Look ahead. Edge-suck. Rock-suck. Tree-suck. Every mountain biker, snowboarder, kayaker — and anyone else who attaches themselves to hard physical objects to throw themselves across the earth on a dodge-‘em course of hard physical objects — knows this. I know this. I knew it before I began motorcycling a year and a half ago. I knew it before…