Mom and Papa met us in Lampang for my birthday in February. When we were here, we met a woman who has a ceramic factory making rum pots....

This year Ed, Annie and Da went to spend the day with the monks of Wat Tham See Nim. This is one of the two "Big Buddha" days of the...

Karma is often used interchangeably with luck but they are not the same. Karma is best described as momentum. Luck is more of a happy...

The Chinese calendar and the Buddhist calendar are both goverened by the phases of the moon. I was invited to spend a Buddha Day at Wat...

This week we took Otto on a trip to Chiang Rai and then on to the Golden Triangle. We started with a 3 hour drive to Tunny House. The...

I live in Thailand and have embraced the forest monestary tradition of Therevada practice. I feel sad to hear the demonization of the...

Sadly our trip had to come to an end. Due to Covid restrictions and prices of flights when we booked, it took us three days to get home....

Following our tour of the northern coast of Ireland, we drove about and hour to the southwest to visit the walled city of Derry. The...

We have been enjoying a fabulous weekend on the northern coast of Ireland in County Atrim. Our timing was perfect because this weekend...

Barbara booked us two nights over Thanksgiving at the Naga Tara resort in Phayao. Jason rode down and joined us. Highway 118 has a lot...

I was invited to ride along with the English camp run by Dr. Suket at Maejo University. This camp is a reward field trip for the best...

On August 9th, we traveled for the first time since the Covid-19 lock down in Thailand and the death of our beloved Wurstchen. The...

Jason uses our physical mailing address. He has had some problems with post deliveries to his farm. The last time he was at our house...

When I graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1980 I had planned to do some travelling first and then start my career. At that...

We arrived Saturday night and were met at the airport by a driver. It's nice to be able to just relax and be taken care of. He brought...

On our last day in Sicily, thunderstorms were predicted all day. We thought it would be a good opportunity to visit one of the centers...

Today we explored the village and fortress of Castelmola, just above Taormina. It's origins date back to pre-Hellenic period with some...

Wednesday we went up the flanks of Mt. Etna to explore the wine region in this area. This is the northwest slopes of the mountain at...

Today will be a short post because yesterday was a lazy day at the beach. For those of you not familiar with the European style of beach...

We came to Italy to relax a bit before the International Sales Meeting. We are staying at the Residence Lettojanni on the hills above the...