chandra nicole.

chandra nicole.

Thinking and writing, writing and thinking. Sometimes remembering I have a body.

under the balinese sun

The totality of my time and attention since moving has been consumed by helping Kitty acclimate to her new environment and making this place baseline livable. Both required much more bandwidth than I

the joglo

M and I have moved into a two-bed, two-bath classic Balinese-style joglo with a lush tropical garden. Joglos are much different than anything you’d ever see in America, and are very interesting

like a dream

In Indonesia, the word Semimpi suggests something ‘like a dream’. This is the name of the hotel we’ve been living at since arriving in the fall of 2019. As the clock counts

tumbling thunder

Temples in the distance engaged in what seems to be a chant battle. Lightening spider veining across the dark indigo sky, illuminating what were moments ago, ghosts of clouds. Thunder cracking, rumbling, and