January 18, 2025 In Isaan, especially near the Thai–Cambodian border, the spiritual world is not treated as distant or symbolic. It sits close. It moves through people, places, and memory. Consulting a medium here is no stranger than visiting a monk, asking advice from an elder, or sitting with someone who has simply lived long … [Read more…]
Filed December 21, 2025 Walking Papa Home: Five Days of Ritual, Love, and the Unbroken Thread Between Worlds Most people only witness a funeral from the outside. They show up clean, sit in a plastic chair, listen to a few rehearsed words, and then step back into the sunlight as if death were something that … [Read more…]
Filed December 14, 2025 Forest Temple – Part Two Just eight kilometers from our village lies one of the most energy-dense, mysterious forest temples in all of Thailand: Wat Tham Sarapong. Tucked near the Cambodian border, this site was once home to people from diverse backgrounds who came together to form the original settlement of … [Read more…]
Filed: November 24, 2025 NEW VIDEO DISPATCH: LIVE FROM THE MARGINS Click the image or here to watch the film. Breathtaking.=================================Today we’re going to venture out to something a little less “one-of-a-kind” but equally awe-inspiring. Jigokudani Yaen Kōen, Nagano Prefecture. Japan. The Snow Monkeys! Five hours by bullet train from my base in Kyoto. And … [Read more…]