The sky here is grey at the moment – a dense, dull, iron grey. You can’t see the mountains in either direction. Black and white flakes of ash have been …
Luang Prabang
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Successfully navigating that “getting started on Monday morning after a lovely weekend†speed bump is a lot easier when you have an office to go to, I’ve decided. Oh, and …
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On Friday afternoon good friends from London arrived… with their three small boys in tow (six, three, and 8 months). They are staying a week, and Mike and I have …
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I’m happy to report that the weekend was acedia free and full instead of life admin like grocery shopping (hooray for cheese imported from New Zealand and ground beef from …
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Koi maan luuk was the first Lao phrase I learned in the new year, and you would have already known this piece of news for at least a month if …
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Two weekends ago Mike was invited to a wedding. This is not an uncommon occurrence – it’s Lao custom to invite everyone and their cousin to your wedding. Then, it …
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Do you know that if you are an author you can now log into your author profile on amazon.com, look at the sales information for your book by state in …
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OK, so I know it’s January 4th and most of you are probably thinking that New Years was so last week, but this is the first time I’ve hit the …
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We’re back in Laos – we arrived yesterday towing a mixture of emotions in our wake. I’m a bit sick of every experience and transition bringing both good and bad …
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Happy thanksgiving to all of my American friends, and to anyone else who has decided to adopt the holiday – it’s one worth adopting I reckon (for the food, if …
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On Monday I wrote a post about a bad day – a day when fatigue and noise came together in a perfect storm. These days happen. They would happen anywhere, …
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“What are you writing about for the blog?†Mike asked. “Um,†I said. “I started out by writing about how it’s a full moon because I found that cool photo …