November 15, 2012 in Asia, blog, Education, Inspiration, Thailand, Travelogue
Last night I made beef stroganoff over rice, with a side of lemony snake beans, crusty bread, salad and kiwi for dessert. This was a banner meal for us in […]
November 13, 2012 in Asia, Inspiration, Thailand
We sat long on the beach last night, sipping beers with a few traveling friends, while the kids played in the water as it turned from sapphire blue to inky […]
November 11, 2012 in Asia, Snorkeling, Thailand, Travelogue
I learned to snorkel in the Sea of Cortez the winter I was eight. My first attempt included becoming terrified of a sting ray, screaming my head off through my […]
November 11, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
Sitting on the beach looking at a steel grey ocean meeting a gun metal grey sky, thinking about the significance of today… The men and women who’ve served… or cried […]
November 7, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
Nothing ruins a perfectly good dinner party quite like blood curdling screaming and thrashing about in the sand. It’s become somewhat of a twice weekly habit, meeting a few of […]
November 3, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue
Some days it just feels like you need to “get out” and “have an adventure.” We love the days when we just pile into a car, turn up the music […]
October 29, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
“This is almost as good as Camp Wood!” Ezra announced, with a grin of delight before he snapped his goggles back over his eyes and bombed back into the pool. […]
October 27, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
I have a bee in my bonnet. It’s a community bee, not any one person. Not any one comment, not any one moment, rather the culmination of annoying little buzzings […]
October 26, 2012 in Asia, blog, Education, Thailand, Travelogue
Sometimes, there are perfect days. Today was one: Lunch on the beach A long walk on the sand Sun on my shoulders Shells to collect Bubble crabs to lay on […]
October 20, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue
I think, in retrospect, what I will remember most is the beat of the drum. Deafening, unrelenting and punctuated with the brassy clang of cymbals. The trembling bodies of entranced […]
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