This week Something Like Love visits, Bali, where I travelled with my son in 2009, and we met an Indonesian tailor named Mowgly, travelled into the countryside on motorbike, and participated in a celebration of the Hindu goddess Sariswati. The short essay I share this week is titled "Once Upon a Time in Bali: Adventures on a Mother/Son Vacation," and it appeared in my essay collection I Wasn't Always Like This (Signature Editions).

I met Santa Monica writer and Pushcart Prize nominee Donna Conrad in an internet cafe in Sanur, and we became quick friends. Years later I travelled to California to help Donna edit her novel. I also edited her delightful children's picture book, How I  Sent My Hug Around the World. You can find this gorgeous hardcover - illustrated by Balinese artist  Monez Gusmang - here:  https://www.amazon.com/How-Sent-Hug-Around-World/dp/0985245719

I hope you'll check this week's episode out, and go easy, Friends.