family – Terry Nichols

October 4, 2022

Long Distance Heartache

I never suspected a chance meeting on the other side of the world in 2015 would make my heart ache today. Ramesh was a lifeguard for the Radisson Blu, an upscale resort in the coastal town of Mamallapuram, south of Chennai, India. North Indians are fond of using that location for weddings, but European tourists… Continue reading

family, Health, India, spiritual travel, travel

donations, family, Food, fundraising, illness, India, Indian families, Indian food, lifeguard, Mamallapuram, Radisson Blu, stomach cancer, Tamil Nadu, travel

July 6, 2022

A Retrospective: Chi Phat, Cambodia

I have to explain the word “poop.” I’m thinking if he doesn’t already know this, I’ve got a problem. Should I demonstrate, perhaps? Play acting, of course. Continue reading

Cambodia, family, Food, travel

bicycling, Cambodia, Chi Phat, ecotourism, forest, guides, jungle, memoir, milk fruit, poop, river lobster, village life

May 31, 2022

Patterns

Dylan comes inside. “What’s the problem? You’re making this a lot harder than it is.” He bats the unit a couple times, pulls out the accordion wings. “There. Screw it in. Done.” Continue reading

family, memoir, mother, People behavior

abandonment, air conditioner installation, behavior patterns, deeper behavior patterns, family dynamics, growing up, memoir, mother, mother-son relationship, relationships, simple task becomes fraught

August 12, 2021

Wild Bounty

Within minutes we were nearly tripping over (not from) all kinds of fungi. Continue reading

bolete mushrooms, family, Food, mushroom hunting, trees, wild mushrooms

bolete mushroom, chanterelle, Family Outing, Mothers and Sons, Wild Mushroom Hunting