i recently completed an intensive 2wk permaculture design course in northern thailand. it was an awesome experience; i learned a lot, and i got to study/work with a fabulous group of folks. the course was hosted by the panya project and we also visited a bunch of other really cool farms & projects. here's a sampling of photos from the trip. let me know if you'd like some more info on the course &/or these farms. cheers.
i'm calling it quits on ol' worwick and on korea all together, at least for a while. life here has been good, to be sure, but the feeling in my bones tells me that the time has come to move on. yeah, yeah... i DID just sign on for a second year in march, and i'm not typically the quitting type, but hey. this feels good.
i'm finding it harder these days to live each minute in the present and am rather dreaming of days without late paychecks, lesson plans, yellow dust and crowded subway commutes. ugh.
scheming forward to days full of fresh-picked tropical fruits, salt water, sand and soil. and further experimentation with love. yeeeeeeeee.
so. money has been spent. reservations and registrations (some) have been made. dates on the calendar have been marked. this change is finally in the real.
july 16th is my last day of work and i fly to thailand on the 19th... and i'm positive that those 2 free days in between those dates will be nothing short of hectic. packing. goodbyes. shipping boxes. give-aways. etc. gotta love those crazy, frantic, transitional times.
once in thailand, i'll be spending a couple of weeks up north at a sweet farm and educational center (the PANYA PROJECT and PUN PUN, their neighbors) for a permaculture design course. after that, i'll do a little traveling around the area (laos, vietnam, cambodia, we'll see) before flying back to the best place on earth, hawaii nei.
that being said, i still have about 6 WEEKS [!]left in the land of the morning calm. my plan is to max out both my garden and my tent, play outside and chill w/ my closest friends here as much as possible. make the most!
i like to remind myself w/ these wise and clever words by eleanor roosevelt:
"yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift... that's why it's called the present"
yes. i have one.
i'm finding it harder these days to live each minute in the present and am rather dreaming of days without late paychecks, lesson plans, yellow dust and crowded subway commutes. ugh.
scheming forward to days full of fresh-picked tropical fruits, salt water, sand and soil. and further experimentation with love. yeeeeeeeee.
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