Hawaii Hubbub

Iraq invasion victim. A mericans have to stop talking about how 9/11 shattered their innocence. The US dropped 2 atomic bombs, held s...

©2011 Rudolf Helder T o the reader of these notes it's clear by now that I engage in an inordinate amount of walking compared to my p...

©2011 Rudolf Helder T he expats in Bali are a mixed lot, as you can expect. I've only met a few so far, but in general they appear a ...

©2011 Rudolf Helder See more pictures of Ubud sidewalks here . A t first the people of Ubud did not notice anything different. There wer...

©2009 Rudolf Helder T he girl that gave him a foot massage and pedicure was young, maybe 24, lean and with supple skin. The way she sat, ...

©1994 Rudolf Helder M ade was talking to Wayan when Sari called her for a foot massage. Sari'd just given some guy a haircut. Militar...

I've decided to operate more like a company, so today only I will have tomorrow's thoughts, opinions, ideas, and gastrointestinal pr...

©1997 "Fallen" by Rudolf Helder As I write this I'm having a foot massage. I hesitated writing "Balinese" foot ma...

©2011 Rudolf Helder A good portion of my life I've been an outsider. It's a position I'm familiar with ever since I moved as...

©2011 Rudolf Helder Listen. No, really, do yourself a solid with this one. Listen for a little while to nature itself. Mother Earth it...

©2011 Rudolf Helder What have I learned these first few days in Bali? First, the people are just wonderful, which I knew and which has dr...

©2011 Rudolf Helder Today I'm "sakit." Sick. Don't know why. I just am. A few things may have contributed. Leaving, as ...

I considered myself lucky. The first leg of my flight from America I was given first class and for a while I was suspended in the deep, sati...

Reflecting a bit more on the idea that in America violence is too often called on as a first response I like to touch on the current pending...

©2011 Rudolf Helder The first surprise I had in Bali was one that sent me straight back to the airport building I had just walked out of....

Today I exited the United States, and perhaps for good. Next time I may return as a visitor. For a long time I have not been happy with Ame...

A fter using Facebook for over a year I must conclude that it seems to heavily facilitate fostering relationships based on congratulatory re...

Y es, may the real Jimmy Carter stand up. The venerable ex US President Jimmy Carter recently declared himself severed from the Southern Ba...

I went to see Brüno last night with my son and we laughed from beginning to end. Brüno does what many other comedies do, making fun of stere...

U.S. law enforcement officials say that more than a third of the cocaine smuggled into the United States from Colombia travels in submersib...

©2011 Rudolf Helder T his morning we arrived in Vietnam. While I had arranged for a visa to Vietnam for our party of three, Tiger Airways...