December 1, 2025 Dear all: I heard someonecall for ‘magnetic local’ storiesthe more magnetic the betterand I know they meant welleven quoted so-and-sofamous by way of contextbut I swearthe minute I heard‘magnetic local’the rant would not rest... A poetic rant, one of two just published in Panorama: a journal of place (PSST: hey my friend N, yes You, check out your ‘Alas, Alack’ in ‘magnetic locals’) The second poem came upon me suddenly, one day in Sevilla: Have a read, have a listen and if...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
November 14, 2025 Dear Friends, Well, a month into being in Peru and this nomad has gone and committed… to a new writing community/blog: Creatively Engage with Ancestral Nature. What kind of ancestor am I after anyway? Whose? It has something to do with a deep longing to be tree and sing stone, to invoke the cave of shadows, the storydark…[Yup, I don’t know what that means either. But I feel it in my teeth.] And how I know I've committed is that I cannot seem to stop writing: about following...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
October 17, 2025 Video from a garden in Peru. Who knew I'd be here? Not me! Last time I was here: twenty years ago at the start of adventures, leaving cities behind + the story of a poncho from the Altiplano and dancing in a store in Pisaq....plus Inca sites, parrots, eucalyptus trees and broken words. The phrase: 'shab e safar, ye raza' keeps recurring, the mystery of journeys into nights of not knowing. why did europeans kill indians? why did they come from so far away just to end up...
3 months ago • 2 min read
"In a time when the world feels fractured and hearts feel far apart, we gather around the most ancient fire of all: Story." Tomorrow (Thursday, Sept 4), I’ll be reading a 7-minute personal story as part of Stories of Love and Resilience: Courage is Contagious a powerful first-time live event created by Cara Jones. When:Thursday, September 4 ~ 12pm PST / 1pm MT(live online) Where:Online - Zoom link here A limited time replay will be available. "8 humans. 7 minutes each.No filters. No advice....
4 months ago • 1 min read
read this email in your browser welcome again to a proper name If you've been receiving my updates over the years, shukriya, thank you! I’m now properly naming this space. Olé. Welcome again to: Faraway is Close : story-journeys that dissolve borders I'm testing out a new platform called Kit and trying on structure for size —jaja, don’t laugh — I’m actually quite tidy. How does a nomad shape the wildness of creative journeys? She tries. She tries!From Mongolia to Bombay, from poems to plays,...
5 months ago • 2 min read
read this email in your browser welcome again to a proper name If you've been receiving my updates over the years, shukriya, thank you! I’m now properly naming this space - olé - as: Faraway is Close : story-journeys that dissolve borders I'm testing out a new platform called Kit and trying on structure for size —jaja, don’t laugh — I’m actually quite tidy. How does a nomad shape the wildness of creative journeys? She tries. She tries!From Mongolia to Bombay, from poems to plays, from silence...
5 months ago • 2 min read