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Read more: No Plans, Just Palau
After weeks of navigating train timetables, temple etiquette and the quiet complexities of solo travel through Japan, I landed in Palau sometime around 2am. The air was thick with heat, even at that hour. There were no signs, no crowds and no sense of urgency. Just a soft breeze and the kind of calm you…
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Read more: Quiet between the lines: Lessons from travelling alone in Japan
I didn’t go to Japan looking for peace. I went because I’d never travelled alone for this long and I thought Japan might be a good place to start. But somewhere between the neon buzz of Shinjuku and the sacred stillness of Mount Koya, I found something else: a kind of quiet that wasn’t just…
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Read more: From Hot Wings to Honky Tonks: 10 lessons Nashville left me with
I recently found myself deep in the heart of Tennessee, walking the streets of Nashville with McAlister Kemp, the country duo I’ve been working with on the social media front. It was part work trip, part crash-course in Southern culture and 100% unforgettable. I didn’t go looking for revelations. I thought it’d be gigs, gear…
A Common (Enough) Thread
Observations, essays and explorations by Kieren Sainsbury
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A Common (Enough) Thread is my digital thread-puller…
A place to explore the systems, identities and stories that have shaped both my personal life and work across public service, data and communication. With roots in blogging since 2007, this space brings together writing from past lives and platforms, tracing the throughlines of curiosity, spirituality, queerness and service. You’ll find essays on political issues, open data, queer visibility, the culture of government and reflections that don’t always have a tidy end: just a common (enough) thread.
Kieren Sainsbury
Serial blogger (among other things)