CarolineinFit Yourself ClubAfter Eating and PrayingAhora? he asks. I hadn’t meant now but I say yes because his long black lashes are calling me out to play. Besides, I don’t know if I will…Mar 29, 20171Mar 29, 20171
CarolineBetween SeasonsThe power is out again and my lantern and phone are out of juice. I know this guesthouse well enough now to walk downstairs, open the…Sep 22, 2016Sep 22, 2016
CarolineBetween SemestersThe day I book my flight, the dean says I need to rethink the timing of my casual leave. I tell her I’m sorry, but that won’t be possible.Aug 25, 2016Aug 25, 2016
CarolineHesitation and ForgivenessI’m standing just outside the college gate in the dark morning because I hear the local dairy farmers do a fresh milk run at this time. I’m…Feb 29, 20161Feb 29, 20161
CarolineBetween Bagdogra and BhutanBeyonce sits down on the foot of my sunbed with his mani/pedi basket and looks disapprovingly at my legs. He tells me that if I don’t let…Feb 9, 20162Feb 9, 20162
CarolineSiem RetreapI create a retreat for myself. I bike around the Angkor complex in the mornings and I meditate and contemplate the paramitas in the…Jan 29, 20161Jan 29, 20161
CarolineThird Week of HibernationI ride side saddle on the back of a motorcycle taxi to the Indian Embassy and commiserate with an Israeli woman in the queue about how we…Jan 23, 2016Jan 23, 2016
CarolinePhnom PenhI’m on the airplane and I’m thinking about the last time I saw him. It was in the rear view mirror: he crossed his cowboy hat across his…Jan 19, 20162Jan 19, 20162
CarolineBye Bye BeachWe drink kah-faahr packets that contain 52.5% sugar, 37% non-dairy creamer, and 10.5% instant coffee. There are frogs living in my shoes…Jan 18, 2016Jan 18, 2016