Sometime in the last few months I picked up a new personal meal-prompted ritual. And it only slightly (and admittedly irrationally) bothers me that onlookers might presume I’m Christian (which I, although a fan of…
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on the altar of humility
October 13th, 2005 Xela, Guatemala Tropical Storm Stan Evacuee Camp “psssst!” I look around the room, but there is only an old woman stooped over a broom sweeping the floor. People have been hissing at…
My Day, My Life
“Shasta-boy, you’re a handsome dog…from an angle.” – Shasta’s Owner ***** The last of my sleep wafts away on the gobble of a turkey outside my window. I start to walk the path back to…
At Her Feet
> More India Pictures Journal Entry Feb. 13th, 2004 Varanassi, India The Mother Teresa House for the Destitute I walk into the house thinking I have offered to volunteer my time and hands, but what…
Brain-to-Blog Drain Clog
Happy, healthy and not a key-stroke second to spare. We’re off to build a house for Habitat for Humanity. We’ll be living with Fijian familes in a village that has no electricity (let alone a…
providing safe passage
Providing Safe Passage Okay, the combination of working at the project *turns knob two turns to the right*, working at the bar *turns knob two turns left*, Spanish classes *turns knob right again*, the gym…
i have lice
I Have Lice I`m a terrible friend to post this picture of my fellow long-term volunteer friends… ….but how could I resist!? I`ve been busy spinning the turn-tables from being a “Community Developer” to an…