October 25, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
The magical differences of the human family Footpaths are not common in Taiwan. You do not see many people walking. Every road has a bike and scooter lane instead. Walking is not a thing. Although road cycling is. We haven’t figured out the cadence of shops opening....
October 24, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
A Syntropic Story from Taiwan A 23-year-old Taiwanese from a fishing village found himself at Princeton University in 1969, dropped into a world so different from his. A land of great wealth and technological supremacy. This young man determined he must do something...
October 23, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Things I did not know about Taiwan I am writing from Dongue Village in Southern Taiwan. Our little home for the next week is a typical Taiwanese house, snuggled close to the main road, wedged between other houses, townhouse style. We are on the third floor and have a...
October 21, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Grace finds us Grace meets you right where it finds you, but it does not leave you where it found you. Anne Lamont The thing about despair is that the moment we open ourselves to receiving Grace, Grace will find us. That may be as simple as the sunrise. Or a chat with...
October 20, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
Adventures, expansion, the human family Today, we embark on another adventure, this time to Taiwan and Okinawa. We are going to surf and dive, to immerse in another culture, to exhale and recalibrate. I am giving the digital nomad experience a try for the first few...
October 19, 2025 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
On frogs and symbols The people in Portland, Oregon, dressed as frogs to protest the military taking to the streets. The frog, a symbol of the 4chan channel—a place that stirs conspiracy and hate—suddenly took on a different life. In the No Kings rallies around...
