Month: November 2010

“Le chat est sur la chaise, le souris est sur la table et le singe est sur la branche…” Eddie Izzard says in his “Dressed

As we sat in the dining room of their beautiful home which detail for detail looked and felt like a very nice American house, Mandira

Yesterday was our five month anniversary. Given that Emily spent a good portion of it in the bathroom and the other portions looking like death

“I have something to tell you…It’s a surprise, but I can’t keep it in! We’re going to the Farmhouse this weekend!” Emily said to me

I reached into the bottom of my large backpack and pulled out the slacks and two button-down shirts I had been carrying around for precisely

Everything. We have everything to be thankful for this year. We have everything to be thankful for just about every year – but especially this

Mandira’s translators have nightmares. They turn reports of rape, torture and brutality into English documents that can be shared with the UN, Amnesty International and

“We haven’t done a food blog in a long time!” Emily said in what I imagine was a hungry moment during The Long March. Earlier

Aging has been on my mind. For several months, different aspects of how people age have crept up and swirled around in my consciousness. Faces

We’re exhausted. Three days of up and down and up and down the Kathmandu Valley led to Emily’s grand conclusion on the final steps on