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It can be a good thing to start the day with a plan, have it vanquished by poor timing, and have to start over. My landlady for the week...
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Apr 9, 2023
Walt’s Reminder
I fly home in 60 days, my ticket from Tokyo recently purchased. The days will pass quickly and already I feel the faint pangs of loss....
Apr 9, 2023
Easter In Hong Kong
Easter in Hong Kong. An oxymoron if there ever was one. The “special administrative region of China,” with nearly 8 million residents,...
Apr 7, 2023
Holding The Irreconcilable
I didn’t grow up going to museums, certainly not art museums. I think my first visit was an 8th grade field trip to the Iowa Historical...
Apr 6, 2023
We Can Only Hope
I don’t recall when it first occurred to me. Or when I became certain there was no other way out. But for a long time I’ve been...
Apr 1, 2023
Pa Checks In
Pa checked in. I had a feeling he would. He’d never admit it, but he doesn’t like being left out any more than the rest of us. In some...
Mar 26, 2023
Pa Takes A Holiday
I fly to Bangkok today. Without Pa. He says Bea is missing him, and that it’s spring training. Truth is, I think he’s homesick. Since...
Mar 25, 2023
In Search Of Anthony
We’d read about George Town’s incredible food. For its size, it’s reputed to be the equal of Bangkok, Saigon, Hanoi and other great...
Mar 24, 2023
Lady Of The Night
We never intended to stay long in Kuala Lumpur. It’s a big city - sleek and modern. Not Dubai by any means, but not where we wanted to...
Mar 24, 2023
Faces Of Nepal
Pa and I spent the evening looking at photos. As beautiful as Nepal is, time and again we returned to the faces. So many are compelling,...
Mar 23, 2023
Lama Sirs
A few days after Pa and I arrived, I asked Roshini if there was a school nearby. An obvious question as every morning at breakfast were...
Mar 22, 2023
Thin Places
Pa and I had been encouraged by many to visit Bhaktapur. Known as Khwopa by the Newari, it’s the cultural capital of Nepal and dates...
Mar 20, 2023
Momos - An Introduction
Today we’re going to learn to make momos. A steamed filled dumpling, sometimes deep fried, momos are everywhere in Nepal. Some foods you...
Mar 19, 2023
The Streets of Kathmandu
Pa and I were invited to the Jacaranda for mid-afternoon momos and beer. Marco, our friend from Germany would be there. His friend...
Mar 18, 2023
Pashupatinath
Luisa, a young German woman, arrived at Swagat the evening Pa and I returned from Green Chwadi. A naturopath by training, she’d come to...
Mar 18, 2023
A Vision
We’re back in Kathmandu, in the comfort of Swagat Homestay and the good company of Sugat, Roshani, and the children. It will be a while,...
Mar 16, 2023
The Neighborhood
What makes Green Chwadi unique, perhaps in all of Nepal, is the extent to which it embraces the indigenous communities around it, and the...
Mar 15, 2023
Taking Notice
Pa and I were trained to lawyer, a useful skill at times, but a limited way of being in the world when all is said and done. I sometimes...
Mar 14, 2023
Just Across The River
Up the river 1 km from Green Chwadi is a bridge. Cross over and within a few hundred yards you’re at the entrance to a vast protected...
Mar 12, 2023
Green Chwadi
Our first evening at Green Chwadi, only the sounds of birds disturbed the silence. We arrived in the afternoon from Pokhara aboard Buddha...
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