Travel Category
Against the backdrop of the waves.
Posted on September 10, 2025 1 Comment
10 September 2025 It’s been over a month since we moved to Thailand for my sabbatical, and it’s taken about that long for me to catch up on everything that got away from me during a hectic spring and summer. My term as the Associate Director of the School of Leadership and Human Resource Development […]
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 […]
A Year’s Worth of Life in August through October
Posted on December 1, 2024 1 Comment
1 December 2024 I spent most of the last post on work-related updates. This will likely have some of those as well. But the last 5 months have included a lot of personal things. This is a long post, so you’ll probably want to skip through, or not read it at all, but I want […]
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 