I’m lucky enough to have a classroom up the stairs. There’s a great view of the footie pitch, so on a daily basis, recess for 120 kids provides full entertainment and distraction. It’s a screechy layer of four to five chaotic footie matches, all sound and fury, all happening, all at once. We’ve been talking …
Author Archives: Radutti
Shadows
As we make our way through the cool evening back towards home I’m distracted, again. Riding a motorbike through traffic in Hanoi is today a meditation Unfortunately when I meditate, I am often sprinting off, to another time and place My mind is a rabbit Darting here and there, Looking for something, not sure what …
Good News and Bad
Team I have good news and bad news Which do you want first? The kids are deeply ensconced in their freshly-borrowed books, I’m hesitant to jump in and interrupt. But we don’t have a choice. They peek their heads up at me and a few of them immediately respond The bad news Well, the bad …
On Zombies
I’m not sure that I should watch a series about zombies But I can’t help myself. I’ve never been a zombie person. They either freak me out (I’m a big scaredy cat), or I just think the whole concept is ridiculous, even the notion of ourselves turning madly against ourselves, falls apart with even the …
Journey
I am searching. It’s a set of rooms, labyrinthine. I push open one heavy door after another, and find myself wandering in the basement with a singular purpose, clearest intent, but somehow still elusive. ping ping ping I push my way through yet another set of double doors. The spaces are familiar, sterile, and comfortable. …
Clonk
Hey buddy Can you come here for a sec? What’s up Papa? There’s just a problem in the bathroom I point to the floor and draw his attention to the used tissue lurking, in plain sight. Then to the counter, where his inside-out undies and shorts perch, ready for me to lean on as I …
Arc
The flight of a volleyball is consistent But the flight of an aspiring volleyball player is not Those two elements need to meet in time in space. Arm and ball, body and line, twist and thrust. When they do, magic happens. It is 2021 We are misaligned. All of us. The throes of Covid lockdown …
Snipffles
I’ve saved a lot of money on haircuts over the years Not necessarily through savvy business decisions, or even thriftiness. I started losing my hair in my early 20s and finally gave up the ghost as I was approaching 30. My home barber kit was a small investment to make. I sneak into the shower, …
UN Models
Rhino took a shower this morning An atypical teen, and a typical teen Atypical in that he doesn’t generally smell unless he’s really worked up a sweat Typical in that showers aren’t a priority So while we’re not quite at ‘you need to shower every day’, we’re definitely in the realm of ‘hygiene matters’. This …
First Aid
D! D! At first I don’t know what I’m hearing, an echo from three floors up. It’s the tone that concerns me, spurs me to my feet It usually signals one of two things, one of the boys is in distress, or there’s a critter. J is not a fan of the gokiburi She’s never …
Get Up Eight 