The dragon of emptiness
Living.
Living, in the sense this section means it, is the part that productivity systems don’t reach. The languages learned. The places left. The hobbies kept up over decades. The quieter question of what to do with a Tuesday afternoon. After twenty years abroad, this is the writing that came out of it.
New and recent
Lately.
The Hardest Part of a Chinese Painting Is the Part That Is Not There
The Hardest Part of a Chinese Painting Is the Part That Is Not There
Tibetan Has a Grammar for Hearsay. English Needs One.
Tibetan Has a Grammar for Hearsay. English Needs One.
Why I Still Grind Ink
Why I Still Grind Ink
The Modern Nomad’s Toolkit: A Real-World Guide to Digital Nomad Jobs
The Modern Nomad’s Toolkit: A Real-World Guide to Digital Nomad Jobs
The most-read guides
Where most readers start.
Twenty years abroad
The places left.
Most of two decades in China, long stretches across Asia, and lately the odd week somewhere new. Drag to look around.
From the archive
The shelves.
From the older end of the archive: life abroad, slow travel, hobbies and the long question of what it’s all for.
Living abroad
Slow travel
Pastimes
Purpose
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