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As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end.

Travels With Myself

Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.

Travels With Myself

That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place.

The Torment of Others

Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.

Toast

If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with—and vice versa—the world would be a very shallow and insipid place, indeed.

Touched with Sight

Ah, but when one predator leaves, another inevitably will take its place. A void never remains a void for long.

A Tale of Two Squirrels

My face doesn’t match my personality. Maybe it would if instead of a mouth I had an asshole in its place. 

This Book Has No Title

For him, the kampung was a place to live and work that was based on a steadfast and intimate relationship between man and nature. The village was a true reflection of life in the tropics.

The Tower

The past was always there, lived inside of you, and it helped to make you who you were. But it had to be placed in perspective. The past could not dominate the future.

Unexpected Blessings

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

Under Western Eyes

Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.

The Velvet Room

When people say there is no place like home, the first to agree are the homeless.

Write like no one is reading 2

Sometimes GOD places walls NOT to hold us back, but to test our determination

Work Love Balance | The Story of Adam

At times, it can feel like the loneliest place on Earth, because it’s just us. Alone with our unanswered prayers

Waiting with God

Worship must occupy us full-time for a lifetime because our final destination is Heaven—it’s no place for part-time lovers!

The Worship Kenbook

Confused? Confusion is good. It’s an excellent place to learn something new from.

Wired for Authenticity: Seven Practices to Inspire, Adapt, & Lead

Sports bars are also a great place for guys to meet other guys--either for sex or for wrestling, whichever feels more right.

The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life

Consider the road, long and forked as the Devil’s own tongue. Consider the Devil, burning every bridge; Placing in every tree a black bird. In every bird a black thought.

The Wingless

We are hunters or game, but rarely both. Knowing our role, and the crucial moment when that role shifts is the key to survival in this place.

Wolves Fear to Prey

Memories are powerful that way. They can bring back to another place and time and make them laugh or cry all over again.

What Flowers Remember

I don't know. I got nothing. No house, no people, no place. Maybe that's troubles. Don't I say?

A Walk in the Night and Other Stories