An introduction to my blog
Soon this blog will contain nearly everything I've written in the last 10 months, that is, since I started calling Bangkok home.
I used to get paid to tell other people's stories so I feared, for a long time, that I wasn't as good at telling my own. And I still feel that way. But now I don't care.
I've written a lot since I've been here. Some of it's about being the only redhead in a city of six million people. Some are observations of a culture so unlike my own. Some of it's your usual travel junk.
Some postings are from emails I sent home about my life here and others are actual attempts at writing well, for myself. None of it was ever intended for public viewing but I got bored last night and thought 'what the hell'. Mostly, it'll just be easier for friends and family to keep an eye on me should they have the need or desire.
Happy reading.
"The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other’s memory. This is how people care for themselves."
--- Barry Lopez in Crow & Weasel
(A very wise aunt of mine introduced me to this quote and, as a former professional storyteller, or journalist, I fell in love with it.)
I used to get paid to tell other people's stories so I feared, for a long time, that I wasn't as good at telling my own. And I still feel that way. But now I don't care.
I've written a lot since I've been here. Some of it's about being the only redhead in a city of six million people. Some are observations of a culture so unlike my own. Some of it's your usual travel junk.
Some postings are from emails I sent home about my life here and others are actual attempts at writing well, for myself. None of it was ever intended for public viewing but I got bored last night and thought 'what the hell'. Mostly, it'll just be easier for friends and family to keep an eye on me should they have the need or desire.
Happy reading.
"The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other’s memory. This is how people care for themselves."
--- Barry Lopez in Crow & Weasel
(A very wise aunt of mine introduced me to this quote and, as a former professional storyteller, or journalist, I fell in love with it.)
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