Monthly Archives: August 2014

Alone with others and two headed yellow dragons

Posted on August 3, 2014 by

  “Anyone or anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you.”                             (Poet David Whyte) Postcard from Senegal I am back in Senegal, eight months since … Continue reading →

Posted in Postcards | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Fearless Hopelessness

Posted on August 3, 2014 by

 “Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for” Amos Nathan Tversky Many NGOs working in international development are finding that their … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories From the Road | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Too dumb to keep but too hard to leave behind

Posted on August 3, 2014 by

Meeting in the village of Foudou – The floor is earth and the sides are open, the essence of humility Postcard from Senegal It is March, I am in Dakar and have just been picked up from my hotel to … Continue reading →

Posted in Postcards | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Creator of Yerevan

Posted on August 3, 2014 by

When I arrived in Yerevan I began to construct a new city; it is very similar to the Yerevan on my city tourist map and it is similar to the Yerevan of the people who have lived here all their … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories From the Road | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

In Praise of Dreams

Posted on August 3, 2014 by

Postcard from Solomon Islands We are sitting in a circle on white plastic moulded chairs on the sand. I am in Honiara with a group of Solomon Islanders, they are speaking of high youth unemployment, few jobs and little money, … Continue reading →

Posted in Postcards | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment