The Negative Space of Numbers

I wear a Timex digital watch when I travel instead of my Apple Watch. This is a simple digital watch where the numbers are made from segments of a bisected square. As I

He Has Elf Children

Our Georgian guide was talking to a local villager that he knew, as we hiked through the rural village in the mountains. The guide turned to us and said that the man has

Toilet Paper Without A Tube

You get used to things a certain way, but when you travel even the most common things are different. I could never imagine a roll of toilet paper without a tube in it,

The Bathroom Floor is Always Wet

I never realized that shower curtains were a cultural thing, but I’ve not seen a single shower curtain since I’ve been in the Republic of Georgia. The guesthouses that we’ve

Around the Corner

One of the guests in our guesthouse in Georgia asked for milk for her coffee and she was told it would take 10 minutes. In my world, that would involved running around the