Stink Bombs and Staples As the school year passed slowly my ongoing battle with Mrs. J also gradually progressed. The myriad small daily attacks culminated into one major, and from my perspective, quite successful victory. I spent months planning and preparing. After several visits to Spencer’s gift shop in Billings the details of a quite READ MORE
Category: Scrawny Johnny 骨瘦如柴-約翰尼
Path to Asia: 6. Driving 通往亞洲之路：6. 駕駛
Driving. In my youth I viewed it as an almost sacred rite of passage. A distinguishing life event separating youth from maturity, boy from man. Typically, one from our neck of the woods would first test a “learner permit” at the age of 15. This allows one to drive a motor vehicle while accompanied by READ MORE
Path to Asia: 5. Unexpected Inspiration 通往亞洲之路：5. 意想不到的靈感
It’s an oft regurgitated theme among adults the world over. The “real world”. The idea that life for adults is nothing like the carefree, enjoyable time of youth. That upon reaching adulthood you have obligations and responsibilities. I still occasionally think about this from time to time, and sure there is some credence to this READ MORE
Path to Asia: 4. The Misguided Adventures of Scrawny Johnny 通往亞洲之路：4. 骨瘦如柴-約翰尼誤入歧途的冒險
laozi and My Path The Old Master, Laozi, philosopher and creator of the Dao De Jing 《道德經》instructed pupils regarding “The Path”. Like the Old Master himself, the concept of the path is vague but has been a part of Asian traditions and customs for millennia. How this relates to us, without overthinking things, is to READ MORE
Path to Asia: 3. I Was, Am and Always Will be Scrawny Johnny 通往亞洲之路： 3. 我過去，現在和將來永遠是骨瘦如柴-約翰尼
The rarest genetic combination in the world is red hair and blue eyes. Don’t believe me, you can look it up. I didn’t always fully appreciate the fact that I am a glowing specimen of that tiny genetic group. There is an annual festival known as the “Redhead Days” in Tilburg the Netherlands (which I READ MORE
Path to Asia: 2. My Life in Asia Began with a Horse 通往亞洲之路： 2. 我在亞洲的生活始於一匹馬
A story not of what was to be, but what wasn’t. The actual year this event took place has long been lost to the flowing sands of time, but the memory remains quite vivid. This took place when our family was still living on Road 12 ½ near Lovell Lake. The day was a perfect READ MORE
Path to Asia: 1. Stories and Our Lives 通往亞洲之路：1. 生活中的故事
I’ve always viewed my life as a collection of stories. All who have known me over the years have heard me tell and retell events in my life as a story. People often comment that I should write a book about the stories in my life. Never knowing how to start such a project, the READ MORE