Timor-Leste Category
New eyes
Posted on March 9, 2025 1 Comment
March 9, 2025 When the wheels touched down in Baton Rouge on the evening of February 22nd, it marked my return from my second trip to DC in 2025. I had also been to Southeast Asia twice since the year began. While travel can bequeath “new eyes,” as Marcel Proust famously wrote, it can also […]
Work at 38.
Posted on July 11, 2024 2 Comments
11 July 2024 I turned 38 this week. Growing up, my dad often repeated the advice to find what I love to do in the world and then find a job that would pay me for it. Perhaps a little trite, but that advice has been humming in the background of my mind as I’ve […]
Public transport and feeling alive in Timor-Leste
Posted on April 27, 2024 Leave a Comment
28 April 2024 My shower water heater doesn’t work but it’s warm enough outside that I can’t call it a cold shower. I read in my room until breakfast is open. The Portuguese colonial influence – or at least globalization – is evident in the breakfast options. Bread and pastries with a variety of spreads, […]
Oliver S. Crocco 