Travel is broadening but can marginalize a person, make them an outsider in what should be their own culture. These observations of a lifelong traveler, poems written on the move, capture impressions and moments.

Trouble brewing on an island paradise Not only is there a stranger sitting out on the boat of that nice French couple looking all suspicious, but Martha's skillet has gone missing. She's starting the morning fixing up and it ain't in it's place. It gotta have been thieved

Life and art collide when you least expect it.

Tramping around SE Asia you are bound to meet some characters. A lot of them seem dangers, but then often people talk big, trying to impress, trying establish some turf and this writer is there to hear their stories. But telling stories puts ideas, suspicions in the heads of other people, people who might actually have some secrets better left hidden.