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Catching my breath - 15/Sep/2012 05:07 - 4464 days ago
I have been back in the U.S. almost exactly six months now. It finally feels like home again here. For the first time I feel li...
Endings and Beginnings - 03/Jul/2012 04:10 - 4538 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1"; urchinTracker();I've been rolling around in my head for the last few months, what would, what could an ...
Reverse Culture Shock - 26/Mar/2012 15:48 - 4637 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();One can know that reverse culture shock will happen, but then there's actually experienc...
Pittsburgh! - 26/Mar/2012 15:40 - 4637 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();For all those who have heard so much about Kevin...Some keys to (more) successful re-ent...
No title - 12/Mar/2012 20:34 - 4651 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();In between the craziness of my last weeks before leaving Nepal, traveling to Japan, comi...
After the whirlwind - 06/Mar/2012 01:28 - 4657 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Japan is clean. And orderly. REALLY clean and orderly. Woah...that is all I have to s...
From the Hong Kong airport - 03/Mar/2012 03:16 - 4660 days ago
I am writing this from the airport in Hong Kong, on my way to Japan to visit my brother (where he lives) on my way home. Going...
... at Boudha .... - 05/Feb/2012 13:31 - 4687 days ago
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Trip to the border and first goodbyes - 04/Feb/2012 10:33 - 4688 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Last week I spent some time in Hetauda, Makwanpur (where I lived and worked for over a y...
Images from my way to work - 25/Jan/2012 09:04 - 4698 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Today's another strike. 13 student unions came together and shut down the valley shops ...
Tharu New Year Celebration - 21/Jan/2012 11:21 - 4702 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Sometimes we catch someone looking at us....and wonder exactly what it is that they see....
Namaste - 03/Jan/2012 10:55 - 4720 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I walked to work the other day in (almost) complete silence, as there was a day long nat...
Breaking speed - 28/Nov/2011 10:02 - 4756 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Yesterday I walked up a path I've walked so many times to my friends' place in a village...
Fall - 19/Nov/2011 13:16 - 4765 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();A few days ago I celebrated my two year anniversary in Nepal. Unfortunately, in bed, a...
Tihar - 02/Nov/2011 08:02 - 4782 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Tihar is my favorite holiday in Nepal. It's all about singing, dancing, community and n...
For my brother, Cameron - 24/Oct/2011 04:47 - 4791 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Dear Cameron,I took this picture just for you.How cool are the deer's antlers?Love, sis...
Dad visits! - 23/Oct/2011 11:32 - 4792 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I am just back in Kathmandu after traveling with my dad and his partner, Patty. We had ...
Sacred cows - 02/Oct/2011 15:57 - 4813 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Last week we volunteers had the opportunity to gather in Lumbini, birthplace of Buddha, ...
Movement - 19/Sep/2011 02:19 - 4826 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();These days everything is shaking, rumbling, stirringIt has been like this for some time....
Monsoon skies - 05/Sep/2011 10:26 - 4840 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();A reflection on weather and our connection with the sky as - with clouds still grumbling...
Renew. - 25/Aug/2011 10:05 - 4851 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Burnout. What to do?Meditate.Be silent.Breathe.Dance.Run through rivers.Celebrate.Light...
Asan in the evening - and blog audiences - 02/Aug/2011 09:02 - 4874 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();These two pictures are a holding point as I decide what to do with this blog. I took the...
Texture - 25/Jul/2011 11:20 - 4882 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Life starts to have a texture after some time in a new place.The rhythms of morning soun...
Untitled - 18/Jul/2011 09:51 - 4889 days ago
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Development (Yes? Development?) - 16/Jul/2011 12:52 - 4891 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Development: the process of developing or being developed (dictionary.com). Got it???I ...
Broadcast - 07/Jul/2011 15:24 - 4900 days ago
Life has a sense of humor sometimes. Like now, as I start to realize that my time and work in Nepal is limited, and begin to p...
A letter to my friends and community - 21/Jun/2011 05:44 - 4916 days ago
_uacct ="UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Dear friends in Seattle, Alaska, California, Germany, Kenya, Uganda, India, the UK, Holla...
Wedding ceremony - 13/Jun/2011 10:14 - 4924 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();A couple of months ago I attended my landlord's family wedding ceremony. I have lived wi...
Girls in nepal: short video - 06/Jun/2011 11:24 - 4931 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();While Nepal is one of the (the?) most diverse countries in the world (in terms of langua...
I love Namo Buddha - 03/Jun/2011 07:58 - 4934 days ago
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From today's paper - 27/May/2011 07:37 - 4941 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Nepal? Beautiful. Nepali people? Beautiful. Nepal political system right now? Not so ...
Transition - 23/May/2011 07:20 - 4945 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();After a harrowing day getting my things here to Kathmandu that I prefer to never relive ...
Goodbye Hetauda - 16/May/2011 06:11 - 4952 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();At 7:30 Am tomorrow morning, I will be greeted by a truck that will take my favorite thi...
Peace, Environment, and Human Rights - 04/May/2011 09:54 - 4964 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Success!!!35 women from Makwanpur (and one foreigner - me) had a fabulous 3 days togethe...
Heading in... - 30/Apr/2011 02:10 - 4968 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();.....to a 2 day workshop that I've been looking forward to for months.9 creative facilit...
For Elijah... - 28/Apr/2011 15:51 - 4970 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Life is way better when enjoyed with good friends around...just sayin'.One of the cooles...
Luck and Timing - 22/Apr/2011 03:52 - 4976 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();We had our annual volunteer conference a bit over a week ago. 45 volunteers in Nepal an...
Naya bharsa ko laagi 2068, shuba kamana! - 14/Apr/2011 12:57 - 4984 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Which translates to: Happy New Year, 2068.Love, all of us in COSAN, at Daman View Towe...
excuse me, there is a chicken in my hotel room - 12/Apr/2011 14:31 - 4986 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();this is an interlude....as i am in between. in many ways.(happily) exhausted. i just a...
35! - 31/Mar/2011 06:29 - 4998 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I had a perfect 35th birthday: early morning hike, mountain sunrise, flying through the ...
Holi - 24/Mar/2011 15:44 - 5005 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Even the name is cool. A Hindu festival of color.Holi came at a good time this year for...
After ecstasy, the laundry - 15/Mar/2011 07:58 - 5014 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();It’s been a whirlwind recently, and after all the fun and work and craziness, it feels...
Elephants and Gizzards - 05/Mar/2011 02:52 - 5024 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Elephants!This week I attended a day long work meeting in Souraha, a national park area ...
Art and Social Justice! - 16/Feb/2011 16:00 - 5041 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Am busy these days traveling back and forth to Kathmandu and to the field. I am thoroug...
Here's how I know I am adapting finally to life in Nepal - 01/Feb/2011 08:27 - 5056 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I am very comfortable with silenceI even prefer silence at mealtimesA motorcycle brushed...
A note - 30/Jan/2011 03:05 - 5058 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Dear Grandma,I am lighting a candle for you today.Because today, now, here, is January 2...
Saturdays - 29/Jan/2011 10:06 - 5059 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I decided to follow custom today and to do laundry and visit a holy spot....in this case...
Rethinking the ordinary - 22/Jan/2011 10:09 - 5066 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();You know when you’re camping, and it’s late fall, or perhaps winter, and you’re al...
The Power of Words - 12/Jan/2011 08:18 - 5076 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();The US Embassy held a poetry slam recently here in Nepal. Below is a poem from a Nepali...
Welcome 2011 - 06/Jan/2011 08:59 - 5082 days ago
My trip to India was wonderful and here I am, back in Hetauda. With some fresh perspectives on life.I was reunited with my sist...
....to India - 11/Dec/2010 06:24 - 5108 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I am thinking of my grandmother today as I prepare to travel to the south of India to me...
From jungle to mountains and back - 02/Dec/2010 07:35 - 5117 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();It's been a couple months of working and traveling for me...across the country, up and d...
Why I love training in Nepal - 19/Nov/2010 14:03 - 5130 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();No training here is complete - or too successful - without lots of breaks for entertainm...
Traditional meets Modern - 16/Nov/2010 07:44 - 5133 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Above: Lalita (on cell phone) and Lissim, who come from a small village in South Wester...
Greeting the Sun - 13/Nov/2010 10:08 - 5136 days ago
Yesterday my colleague told me as she was running out the door to an evening meeting that something interesting was happening at...
I'm staying in today - 08/Nov/2010 09:10 - 5141 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Photo above: A picture of a stranger taking an unannounced snapshot of me.A few things t...
Deshain: - 03/Nov/2010 15:47 - 5146 days ago
Fishing, eating, more eating, hanging, motorbikes, friends........ceremony, sacrifice, slaying bad spirits, temple visits and ti...
Tharu wedding ceremony - 28/Oct/2010 02:39 - 5152 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();So, I'm in Dang right now and have just finished a 3 day training on Gender, Leadership,...
In between - 21/Oct/2010 05:33 - 5159 days ago
I am enjoying a full day in Hetauda today to catch up on laundry, water my plants, cook my own food, and to do some work in the ...
Today... - 06/Oct/2010 04:44 - 5174 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Today I woke up 6, did some yoga and laundry, and made myself tea.Mornings are cooler th...
For my friend, Hazel - 04/Oct/2010 09:56 - 5176 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();To my litle-in-size-but-big-in-spirit friend Hazel,Every night I see the most beautiful ...
Nepal's Leaders - 03/Oct/2010 04:54 - 5177 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I have just returned to Hetauda from our leadership course in Pokhara - a fabulous exper...
~ sometimes there is no title ~ - 24/Sep/2010 09:31 - 5186 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I am sharing this picture just for fun. I took this picture in a small village hamlet i...
Participatory Rural Analysis, Focus: Gender - 20/Sep/2010 09:10 - 5190 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();These days I'm processing my field work experiences and thoughts from last month. Now t...
Dancing and Tea - 15/Sep/2010 14:48 - 5195 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I'm not going to lie. While beautiful and good - in so many ways - the last few weeks h...
Post from my friend, Helen - 15/Sep/2010 14:40 - 5195 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Sharing this from my friend, Helen. Please note that yes, traveling in Nepal sometimes ...
Busy yet? - 02/Sep/2010 11:47 - 5208 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();One of the biggest complaints from volunteers who come to Nepal, highly qualified people...
From the field - 20/Aug/2010 12:35 - 5221 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Came home today to do some planning work for a leadership training and to start writing ...
New Project! - 07/Aug/2010 12:28 - 5234 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();These days I am very happily busy participating in the starting up of a big, new program...
First photos - 29/Jul/2010 09:27 - 5243 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Above are pictures taken by a group of girls at CWN (Child Welfare Nepal). Their very f...
Youth Art - 19/Jul/2010 06:19 - 5253 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I am currently running two concurrent art workshops for an organization that works with ...
Bus ride to Birgunj - 12/Jul/2010 11:17 - 5260 days ago
Last weekend a group of us volunteers living in the same region converged in Birgunj, a town an hour and a half south of where I...
Nepali Wedding - 02/Jul/2010 05:35 - 5270 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();From Top to Bottom:(1) Old and New(2) Pashupatinath Temple– wedding site(3) Groom wait...
Dancing in the kitchen... - 25/Jun/2010 05:22 - 5277 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Yesterday I went to my neighbor's wedding. I was invited by the family of the bride.The...
Water - 22/Jun/2010 05:55 - 5280 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Women gathering water from a nicely-built up spout in Patan. Some women walk 2 to 3 hou...
Untitled - 13/Jun/2010 04:59 - 5289 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();(Above): Swastika, my downstairs neighbor, practicing the alphabet on my kitchen table....
Images from Patan Durbar Square - 06/Jun/2010 12:45 - 5296 days ago
I am in Kathmandu right now, getting ready to head back to Hetauda soon after a couple weeks of conferences, a language refreshe...
Trip to Western Nepal - 02/Jun/2010 11:56 - 5300 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();A couple of weeks ago I traveled 12 hours by bus to one of our offices in Western Nepal....
A Day in the Life of a VSO Volunteer - 21/May/2010 16:22 - 5312 days ago
Wake upI am in NepalLandscapes filled with thikkas, mantras, bright colors, the unexpected, contemplated government overthrows.A...
Brian's blog posts about Nepal - 13/May/2010 10:09 - 5320 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Check it out!http://brianrhyolite.blogspot.comPhoto above by Brian. The trucks here are...
20 minutes - 07/May/2010 16:09 - 5326 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Day 6 of strike.9:15 pm on Friday, May 07.Email received from the US Embassy in Nepal. ...
Day 3 of nationwide strike - 04/May/2010 07:29 - 5329 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Today the calm here in Hetauda is starting to feel very unnatural.The first day of the s...
Another side of Nepal - 27/Apr/2010 15:53 - 5336 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();For the last couple of days I have been preparing myself (mostly mentally– travel + he...
Symbols of Buddhism in Langtang Valley, Nepal - 23/Apr/2010 05:42 - 5340 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();From top to bottom:1) Rocks piled carefully one upon the other.2) Writing in a stone: ea...
At 4,600 meters - 20/Apr/2010 03:35 - 5343 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Right now I am sitting in my kitchen in Hetauda. Which is only at 500 meters. There is t...
Back in Hetauda - 18/Apr/2010 08:16 - 5345 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Arrived back in Hetauda a few days ago after an amazing trek and some work in Kathmandu ...
2 weeks in short and sometimes fragmented sentences - 03/Apr/2010 16:08 - 5360 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();above: Milk Baba. Survived 16 years (If I remember right) on milk and water and air al...
My new home! Unpack....pack - 31/Mar/2010 12:49 - 5363 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Above: my new home! Second floor is mine...After 4 and a half months in small guest ho...
Sari photo session! - 22/Mar/2010 09:08 - 5372 days ago
The Nepali family that I am currently staying with (until the apartment I will be living in longer term opens up this weekend) r...
Trip to the village! And me in a Kurta - 18/Mar/2010 11:42 - 5376 days ago
Just a couple of pictures to share from a trip to the village to observe 2 of my cowokers doing a disability rights awareness tr...
International Women's Day 2010 - 16/Mar/2010 03:46 - 5378 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I’ve done a lot of thinking about gender issues in my lifetime. Through the lens of p...
Village visit - 23/Feb/2010 05:31 - 5399 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();Last week I traveled to a small village north of here with my coworker, Raju, who is a p...
The unexpected - 10/Feb/2010 09:26 - 5412 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();So, one of the things that I’ve come to expect in Nepal is the unexpected.It has taken...
The unexpected - 10/Feb/2010 09:26 - 5412 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();So, one of the things that I’ve come to expect in Nepal is the unexpected.It has taken...
Ah, Saturday. And ah, electricity. - 30/Jan/2010 09:51 - 5423 days ago
Above top: boy on stilts with drummer accompanying himAbove below: Pacific Guest House - still my home for the next week or so...
To Hetauda and back. - 23/Jan/2010 11:02 - 5430 days ago
So, I thought I'd be able to write a post with some pictures at some point while I was in Hetauda last week, but, no luck. Ke g...
Bartering for wool - 09/Jan/2010 16:32 - 5444 days ago
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For my friends who love dance... - 06/Jan/2010 16:04 - 5447 days ago
Photos of a professional dancer from the Tamang tribe . I have some video that I will see if I can upload onto my blog when I c...
Village Stay: Part 2 in Pictures - 31/Dec/2009 10:04 - 5453 days ago
My host family.The community area. Mountains in the background.A closer view of the mountains.The village "main" street, which ...
The big city - Beauty or Beast? - 28/Dec/2009 11:03 - 5456 days ago
Kathmandu is a complex city. There is so much beauty here: the people, the temples and offerings to the hundreds of gods that...
Christmas in Kathmandu!!! - 27/Dec/2009 14:08 - 5457 days ago
Our buddhist guest house owners were very excited to host our Christmas party and even bought us some lights and tinsel to put o...
Village stay: Part 1 - 24/Dec/2009 07:37 - 5460 days ago
View of the mountains from the village. This is what I woke up to every morning.... ahhhh!Village community member sitting (co...
Off to the village! - 15/Dec/2009 09:45 - 5469 days ago
This photo was taken very close to where our village will be - note the scattered houses on the hillside.Above: Our cards with ...
Newari engagement ceremony - 09/Dec/2009 11:06 - 5475 days ago
Newari bride-to-beGrandfather of the bride-to-be holding a pastry frogBride-to-be feeding her fiancee cake.Wedding party member ...
Photos from Duhlikel - 09/Dec/2009 11:00 - 5475 days ago
Overlooking the hills and mountain villages.Incense burning at a Kali altar.Buddha overlooking the town of Duhlikel.There's the ...
Me! And a few from my team. - 02/Dec/2009 11:07 - 5482 days ago
Jennifer M ....I'm not yet wearing a kurta (the more tradtional dress), but will be soon enough! Promise to post a pic when I am...
Chetana Kendra training institute - 02/Dec/2009 09:54 - 5482 days ago
Thanksgiving party....Two of my Nepali teachers -Udaya and Krishna.My neighbors....More of my neighbors.We wash our laundry outs...
Thanksgiving in Banepa - 26/Nov/2009 09:47 - 5488 days ago
A tree and fields in the early morning.Field and haystack right outside our training institute.A view from our classroom...It's ...
From our visit to Buddhist sites in Kathmandu - 21/Nov/2009 07:45 - 5493 days ago
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Pictures from Kathmandu - 16/Nov/2009 10:56 - 5498 days ago
rSome things I've learned so far while in Kathmandu:1. It's the year 2066 here in Nepal. I have somehow jumped forward in time...
First day in Nepal! - 12/Nov/2009 15:21 - 5502 days ago
Picture: View outside from outside my room at the Pacific Guest House in KathmanduI arrived in Kathmandu today after 4 planes, ...
Kathmandu or Bust!!! - 30/Oct/2009 16:32 - 5515 days ago
Depart Portland 8:00 AM , November 10thArrive Kathmandu 9:30 AM, November 12thWill send pictures and updates from the other si...
Transition - 25/Oct/2009 03:35 - 5520 days ago
Support from community, loved ones, family.Breathing.Letting go as easily and gracefully as possible.Grieving. Finding joy and h...
I stole this from http://the-voyagers.tripod.com - 21/Oct/2009 03:09 - 5524 days ago
Facts about NepalCapital:KathmanduLanguage:Nepali (official)& 20 other languages divided into numerous dialects. Derived fro...
Untitled - 11/Oct/2009 21:36 - 5534 days ago
Today like every other daywe wake we wake up empty and scared.Don't open the door of your studyand begin reading.Take down a mus...
Pictures from home - the desert - 02/Oct/2009 03:56 - 5543 days ago
Part of my process in getting ready to move to Nepal has been doing lots of thinking about home. One thing I wanted to make su...
First training in Ottawa - 21/Sep/2009 20:36 - 5554 days ago
_uacct = "UA-3483228-1";urchinTracker();I am blissfully exhuasted after 4 days of preparation training here in Ottawa. I didn't ...
Water - 31/Aug/2009 02:22 - 5575 days ago
Last night I dreamed that I was swimming in river in Nepal. The water was beautiful, but I had to hide myself, because I wasn't...
Starting to think to Hetauda - 17/Aug/2009 02:30 - 5589 days ago
I am working these days to find a fine balance between mentally preparing myself to go where I'm headed (what I might experienc...
This is how I feel when I think about moving to Nepal - 31/Jul/2009 02:33 - 5606 days ago
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My weekend with my brother in Seattle. - 31/Jul/2009 02:27 - 5606 days ago
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