This intriguing Interview with my Mother was published in a Thai Magazine about 40 years ago. I Google translated it from Thai to English so there may be some loss in translation moments, however, her remarkable vision of life makes her one of the most unique persons that I have ever known.
When a publisher in Bangkok, wanted to interveiw me for his BigChilli magazine, I was fearful of how to answer some of his questions. I reached out to my father Art for his help, who was a passionate writer, reader and pianist.
This Interview was scheduled to be published in BigChilli Magazine in 2024, but tragically the publisher Colin Hastings died in a car accident in Pattaya, Thailand, a month before the interview was published. Hastings was Prisana's editor for various magazines since 1990.
I learn of a close friend's death while I was visiting my Mother in Thailand. This is my letter to him, the Universe and to you. What matters more than the rest is finding Peace inside your soul and understanding that LOVE will always endure and be worth feeling and sharing.
This is a tragic account of my sister's trip with her best friend to Khao Lak, Thailand, to help locate a missing family the day after the Tsunami hit Thailand.
A writer contacts an old friend from Thailand via email and asks him to edit her book on Oliver Stone in 2016. He is happy to oblige and doesn't hold back. Neither of them are aware that his emails will later end their friendship, when they reunite in real life back in Thailand in 2024.
This is a true story about our search for truth within ourselves and our world. If the Enemy Lies Within, than this is my attempt to make the Enemy my friend.
In 1996, I traveled to the Philippines and published 2 articles in the Asian Wall Street Journal. This true story recounts the Special Forces interrogating me in Mindanao.
A writer's struggle with what it means to be free.
An edited version of an Open Letter originally written in 2013.
The Unending Story of War...
A poem about a Father who struggled with depression and suicidal thoughts.
An Astrological poem of love, war, death and separation. A story within a story like Russian nesting dolls, breaking the rules and rewritten twice over.
President Nixon in Bangkok, Thailand in 1969. 447 Guest House, Bangkok Vice or verse-a it's all the same because you came I saw the light the freedom of flight I felt your compassion I felt your pain I felt the rain wash down your face wash down...
Poems from the other side of midnight.
My husband's name Eric, means King in German. We celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary August 21, 2016.
I Will Fight No More Forever, Chief Joseph's Surrender Speeh Prisana Pipatpan Oh Navaho Child I see your life unfolding. Your life is like mine, forever we are growing, to be ONE. In our tribes we live, seven-cornered hogan. We eat simply, we eat....
Photojournalist Prisana Pipatpan gets up close with Tiger Woods in Thailand. An uplifting account in the midst of Tiger's great fall.
Prisana Pipatpan finds plenty to appreciate and ponder over as she visits the Plain of Jars and the old Laotian capital of Luang Prabang.
Man is the Apex Predator.
Whitewater kayaking in the Cagayan River Located about an hour’s drive from the city of Cagayan de Oro, the stunning Cagayan river is one of the most scenic rivers imaginable, bisecting the town and winding through endless miles of lush tropical rainforests, towering limestone cliffs and charming...
IT is not a physical death that we die, in those moments of despair and bleak hopelessness. The soul unable to endure, seeks a refuge where there is none. A higher Voice inside whispers to US, and asks us to Endure this pain, and abandon past regrets. "Confess your innermost truths,"
Coron Bay, is one of the Philippine’s top diving destinations, attracting wreck diving enthusiasts from around the world.
There is nothing more exhilarating than flying through the lush rainforests of northern Thailand on a zip line that will make you scream with joy.
The limestone spires of Phang Nga Bay have always exuded an air of mystery. Sea canoeing expeditions open up the very hearts of these islands, where wildlife and nature abound.
A paddling misadventure story set in beautiful Khao Tao, Thailand. The idyllic fishing village of Khao Tao, located just 15 kilometers south of Hua Hin is an off the beaten path trip well worth taking.
The most phenomenal place perhaps in the world for beginning and experienced rock climbers is in the Phra Nang area in Krabi, Thailand. There are hundreds of spectacular bolted climbing routes and excellent instructors and climbing schools. Hanging from a cliff in Thailand is definitely the...
Learning to scuba dive in Phuket is a truly idyllic place to learn how to scuba dive. In this story, the reader will meet a Canadian dive instructor named Larry, who invented Larry's Rule: "For each diving sin committed, you owe him a beer."
A diver found herself preparing for a boxing match with sharks during a spectacular visit to the Similan Islands, on board a Scuba Cat live-aboard dive trip in Thailand.