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Have you read Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott? I found this quote (among many others) to be a good reminder for not imposing my will onto creative projects, letting […]
Have you read Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott? I found this quote (among many others) to be a good reminder for not imposing my will onto creative projects, letting […]
My New Year’s Eves seem to vacillate between quiet and crazy. Last year I was on Koh Phagnan (an island party famous for its monthly full moon raves), but the […]
When faced with the doomsday prospect of the world ending on 12-12-12, what did I do to prepare? Absolutely nothing, with a heavy dose of nada. Anticipating the change to the […]
2012 will be known as the year when I finally entered the 21st century by getting an iPhone 3. Yes, an iPhone 3. Yes, I know they’re up to 5 […]
Upon our visit to the infamous Tiger Kingdom in Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, we had a few deep and probing questions that needed some answers. Namely, if you’re allergic to […]
When I made my short and sweet bucket list for 2012, the first item on the list was “Train for a 10k, and possibly run one too.” I wrote it […]
Q: Why did the volunteers cross the border from Mae Sot to Myawaddy? A: To get some avocados from the other side* *Not really. In reality, we walked across the […]
The first time I picked up the wooden-handled object and dipped it into hot wax, I was nervous. Three other people were watching my first attempt to draw onto the […]
While some (cough cough Blake) would argue that “there’s nothing to do in Mae Sot,” I tend to disagree. There’s a facebook group that is constantly updated with regularly organized […]
After writing my last post about not carrying my camera around enough, I fought my I-live-here-inertia and grabbed it one morning to take pictures of my latest daily breakfast obsession, […]
December 1 is World AIDS Day, so this morning we marched in a parade from the center of town to the Mae Tao clinic. Today’s activities reminded me that while […]
What we really should have done was hushed the nagging voices that told us not to go to Loi Krathong in Chiang Mai last weekend. “Too much money,” the voices […]
I don’t think I’ll ever get over my obsession with patterned paper and pictures. When we went back to Maryland to attend Blake’s dad’s wedding, I was (a little too) excited […]
I am determined to be able to be able to learn Burmese script before the end of these three months – or perhaps before 2013 starts. I don’t think I’ll […]
It recently occurred to me that after photographing 3+ weeks of travels, I have barely taken any pictures of Mae Sot, likely a symptom of “I have 3 months of […]
Our first weekend in Mae Sot we were told there would be an early Thanksgiving celebration with around 80 people. I thought they were exaggerating, but the video above shows […]
Bamboo Nest de Chiang Rai stole my heart.
On our hike to Khun Korn waterfall just outside of Chiang Rai, a young girl (to my right) giggled every time she saw us and eventually got up the courage […]