Category: <span>Human Nature</span>
Featured, Human Nature, Travel
Baptism by Fire
Stepping under the palm leaf roof that covers the yoga studio, steps away from the waves crashing onto the sands of Playa Hermosa, we find a paper sign at the entrance: “Today: Yoga with Live Music.” Mai and I exchange a puzzled look and take a peak inside the room […]
Three Christmas Stories
No matter how hard I try to stay awake on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus always shows up after I fall asleep. On Christmas Day I wake up at the crack of dawn and rush to the living room where the white-bearded old man delivered the presents, carefully spread around the […]
Crab Mentality
If you put a group of crabs in a bucket, naturally some of them will try to get out… but the others will drag any adventurous fellow, pulling it down to make sure it stays in the bucket. One might think that people are better than crabs… but are we […]
Paddling Out
The surf is powerful today. Ripples on the surface of the Ocean turn into 6-foot waves that curl down and crash in a thunderous roar. Hesitation. I’m excited and scared at the same time, unsure which feeling is stronger. Where does the fear come from? I never hurt myself surfing. […]
I, the Alcoholic
Hello, my name is Cedric and I’m an alcoholic. Well, not really… actually not at all. But for some reason my mother-in-law believes I am one, and nothing I can say or do will ever convince her otherwise. When she visits us there are two possible scenarios: either the wine […]
Dropping the Mask
At a very young age we all discover the pleasure of wearing a costume, of slipping into the identity of our favorite superhero or fairy tale creature. But what if we wore a mask every day? What if the mask ended-up merging with our own flesh and we forgot what […]