by Darrin Johnson | Mar 1, 2019 | Ruelon
Life is hard. There is no getting around that fact. There are however, insurmountable pockets of joy that I’ve been told, should even the scale. What if it doesn’t though? What if there are just extreme circumstances that occur in your life that are beyond...
by Darrin Johnson | Jan 3, 2019 | Ruelon
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Yeah, it was the latter that summed up my 2018 but I’m a hopeless optimist at the end of the day. Whether the year has made you, or broke you, we as same gender loving men can all agree that there are some things...
by Darrin Johnson | Dec 4, 2018 | Ruelon
There was a time when folks across social media platforms were claiming beards are the new six-pack. I for one did not, but I did start growing one in early 2015. One of the reasons I decided to pledge my allegiance to the illustrious beard gang was that it provided...
by Darrin Johnson | Nov 26, 2018 | Ruelon
The weather has dipped to a chilling thirty-three degrees. What was once beautiful autumn leaves vibrantly and boldly displaying their colors to those fortunate enough to be paying attention, are now beginning to turn a shade of brown aimlessly floating on to...
by Darrin Johnson | Oct 29, 2018 | Ruelon
Things weren’t getting better. In fact they were continuing to get worse but I began to trust myself and the butterflies in my stomach that told me, something better is coming. I found myself each day expressing gratitude because as dismal and things were, they could...
by Darrin Johnson | Oct 28, 2018 | Ruelon
I had been stripped of everything I knew and possessed. I was cut down to the white meat as my cousin would say. It was deep and there was no bandage large enough to cover my wounds. One day when the pain of failure was just too much for me to handle, I went running....
by Darrin Johnson | Oct 27, 2018 | Ruelon
I fought for as long as I could to maintain my life as I knew it. Unfortunately, I lost that battle and I was being forced out my life, my city, and my peace. When I finally broke down to tell my sister I was undone and couldn’t hold on to my way of life, she said in...
by Darrin Johnson | Oct 27, 2018 | Ruelon
Famed fashion designer Kate Spade and I share the same birthday. I was obsessed with the Travel channel’s No Reservations and CNN’s Parts Unknown, both hosted by the popular, and semi-nomadic chef Anthony Bourdain. He combined two of my favorite pastimes in the world,...
by Darrin Johnson | Aug 21, 2018 | Lifestyle, Ruelon, Travel
Take me to where the real people are! I say this once I arrive at any new international destination. I don’t however, always accomplish my goal of seeing how the every day locals of any given country actually live outside the illusion of luxurious , Americanized...
