by Jason | Nov 4, 2023 | Blog, Evolve, Zen in My Backpack
“Without water drops, there can be no oceans; without steps, there can be no stairs; without little things, there can be no big things!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan I was raking the leaves in my front yard today when I chanced upon what looked like a small mass of compressed...
by Jason | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog, Evolve
This is love, to fly towards a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally to take a step without feet – Rumi A Short Story on Letting Go There once lived a beautiful kingfisher bird in the evergreen treetops deep...
by Jason | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog, Red Earth Diaries, Travel Writing
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden It’s been a little over a year since I published my first book titled Red Earth Diaries. The book is...
by Jason | Sep 14, 2022 | Backpacking, Blog, Red Earth Diaries, Travel Writing
In the Red Earth Diaries Book Extract Series, I intend to share the content of the book in small bite-sized segments along with some photographs and some background stories where possible. This is the second part of the Preface Chapter and in this extract, I describe...
by Jason | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog, Zen in My Backpack
It is always the secure who are humble – Gilbert Keith Chesterton A Short Story on Humility Several years ago, a lone rider came across a group of soldiers who were trying to move a heavy log without much success. Their corporal was standing by as his men...
