france, japan, life, paris, passion, pursuit, quests, south africa, travel, work
The Next Chapter
2021-11-14
Where one story ends and another begins is hard to tell but what is known is that each forms part of a greater story being told. A chapter exper...
cape town, freelance, japan, progress, purpose, south africa, thoughts, time
Time Flies
2019-07-12
And just like that, more than a year has past since my last post. The title of that post was aptly named The Pursuit, and what a pursuit it has been. ...
goals, love, passion, purpose, pursuit, thoughts
The Pursuit
2017-06-26
As we progress through life, our priorities often change.
I, having been single for most of my 35 years of life, was mostly always only focused on myself, my own wants and need...
freelance, goals, life, love, purpose, south africa, spiritual, thoughts, travel, work
Life, Time, and The Future
2017-01-01
It's been a while.
Since my last blog entry, I went back to Japan again, during late November and early December, and spent a most wonde...
goals, japan, life, motivation, purpose, quests, routine, south africa, travel, work
Japan - There And Back Again
2016-09-10
Saturday, 10 September 2016.
How do you go back to your normal way of life, your everyday and ordinary, after having had an advent...
adventure, exploration, japan, love, quests, travel, walking
Japan - At Journey's End
2016-06-22
Wednesday, 22 June 2016.
Three days into my hike along the Nakasendo Way, from Kyoto to Tokyo, by way of the Shiga, Gifu, Nagano, and Saitama prefectures, the j...
hiking, japan, love, quests, travel
Japan – Good Friends Along The Way
2016-06-05
Sunday, 05 June 2016.
Leaving Hiroshima was not easy.
For one, its tragic past was an ever-present reminder of the frailty of life and the regrettable folly of man. Yet the city,...
cycling, exploration, japan, love, travel
Japan - Honshu to Shikoku to Kyushu to Honshu, and Other Observations In-between
2016-05-29
Sunday, 29 May 2016.
It is a rainy Sunday morning, in Nagasaki, and I am on a bus, warm and dry, heading to Fukuoka, my final stopover on the island of Kyushu. In thre...
adventure, exploration, japan, travel, walking
Japan - A Familiar Place, Temples Abound, A Brief Stop and A Town By The Inland Sea
2016-05-11
Wednesday, 11 May 2016.
Back in Nara, the deer did indeed bite and also kick, which I happened to witness as a small boy was kicked to the ground as he was trying to feed...