About
My name is Dirk. I'm 56. I write from wherever I am. Currently Vietnam, before that Thailand, before that a truck in Germany, before that Portugal. I don't have a fixed address. I have a fire.
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Ten things that are true:
- I lived in a Mercedes truck called Haubi for ten years. It was my home. I knew within minutes of arriving somewhere whether to stay or drive on. The body decides that, not the mind.
- I've guided canoe expeditions, multi-day hikes, and wilderness camps with teenagers who had every reason not to trust an adult. That work shaped everything I do now.
- I'm a father. Three children. Long relationships, deep ones. The kind where you learn what love actually costs.
- I crossed dark lines early in life. I tried to leave more than once. Life said no. Since then I take seriously what it wants from me.
- I ran my own store and wholesale business for almost ten years. I've worked in disability care, logistics, sales, outdoor education, and theater. The setting changed. What I did in those settings never really changed: I read systems: see what's at play, name it, and find where I stand.
- I hold Bitcoin. Not as investment, as conviction. A system no one controls. Hard money. No permission needed. It matches how I see the world.
- I need to be outside. On the water, on a trail, on a bike. SUP, kayak, canoe, walks, it changes. What doesn't change: being out reconnects me to something I lose when I stay in. My best thinking happens at kilometer three.
- I read seriously. Cusk, Salter, Vuong, Alden, King. The Dark Tower series, all of it. Financial Times with breakfast.
- I believe in silence as a source, not as absence. In encounters over concepts. In good bread over long menus.
- This website is my fire. I write here. I share what I see. If you want to sit down, you're welcome.
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If you want to know me beyond facts, come for a walk. It takes about five minutes. No résumé. Just a pine forest, a lake, and a bench.