https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/ What a long, strange trip it's been — letters home from the road, for friends & family. en https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/a-week-at-the-sphere.html https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/a-week-at-the-sphere.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0000 Seven nights of the Dead in a giant glowing eyeball. A field report from the church of the long strange trip, with setlist commentary and one strong opinion about parking. https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/nairobi-revisited.html https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/nairobi-revisited.html Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0000 Twenty-six years after my first posting, I went back to Nairobi to see what became of the schools. Short version: the trees are enormous and so is the difference a good classroom makes. https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/drifting-through-cozumel.html https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/drifting-through-cozumel.html Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0000 Six days of drift diving on the Mesoamerican Reef: eagle rays, sea turtles, and the fine art of going nowhere on purpose. https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/ten-days-of-silence.html https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/ten-days-of-silence.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0000 I sat a ten-day Vipassana course and lived to write about it. Barely. A report from the great indoors of the mind. https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/the-trip-begins.html https://tomslongstrangetrip.com/posts/the-trip-begins.html Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 -0000 After thirty-one years of working on other people's schools, I've handed in the badge, bought a good snorkel, and started a newsletter. Here's what happens next.