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...
by Jason | Aug 27, 2022 | Backpacking, Blog
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. I’d like to start this series with the beginning section of the Preface...
by Jason | Jan 20, 2022 | Blog, Zen in My Backpack
Whilst writing and self-publishing ‘Red Earth Diaries’ has been one of the most rewarding enterprises of my life, the success of the book and the recognition that I have received has been but just one of the positive outcomes. The more subtle, yet vital...
