It’s pouring down rain. I rode a motorbike through a Bali downpour to get here, and I am still dripping with warm rain water. “Welcome to the rainy season” is what the locals like to say. When we walked into the coffee shop, a lady brought us napkins to dry ourselves. It was not as … Read More
Alexandria Duke
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Moments
Moments: brief periods of time that can be remembered for five minutes, five years, or five hundred years, depending on their importance. Growing up, I never thought much of moments. I had fun at my 10th birthday party, on all of those horseback rides through the rolling hills of Plymouth, and on the endless number of … Read More
Off to the other side of the world
San Francisco > Taiwan > Bali I’m 43,100 feet in the air, traveling at 644 miles per hour. It’s -54 degrees outside my double-paned window. I spent seven days knowingly leading up to this moment and I’m still having trouble processing the fact I’m hovering over the International Date Line, above the vast mystery of the Pacific … Read More
Some Might Say It’s Kismet
Kismet [kiz′met, kis′-] noun. destiny; fate. If you asked me three months ago what I would be doing today at this moment, I would have said something like, “driving from Playa del Rey to Compton, CA, to go design some clothes and print some tees at work.” If you asked me the same question two … Read More