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- Nov 27, 2011
- 3 min
What did we do in Kathmandu, after all
November 27, 2011 Traveling to Nepal has been a joy. Meeting our friend Chet’s wonderful family — and living with them like part of the...
- Nov 13, 2011
- 3 min
Awful global sex trade is growing worse
November 13, 2011 Sumitra is tall and model-thin with waist-length black hair and large, almond eyes. She’s 16, a beautiful, studious...
- Nov 6, 2011
- 3 min
Home ground: Meet the goat you will eat
November 26, 2011 We are in Bhaktapur, Nepal, an ancient town near Kathmandu, with our friends Chet and Annie. Chet is from Nepal and...
- Oct 30, 2011
- 3 min
Road to Nepal: One bad thing after another
October 30, 2011 I shouldn’t tempt fate by saying this, but 2011 has been the worst year Chris and I have faced in our 25 years together....
- May 15, 2011
- 3 min
Keys to marriage found in a Coke can
May 15, 2011 Chris and I placed our world on temporary hold to visit his parents, ages 91 and 87. Chris’s folks are amazing people. But...
- Aug 30, 2009
- 3 min
Nonagenarians have much to teach us youngsters
August 30, 2009 I always tell people I have the world’s smallest family. It’s nearly true; I’m completely without parents, grandparents,...
- Aug 16, 2009
- 3 min
Multi-racial children punctuate the sameness
August 16, 2009 I wasn’t eager to visit the Bible Belt due to its reputation for fundamentalists and bigots, especially since we’ve got...
- Jun 28, 2009
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Open travel to Cuba, but go easy on the beaches
June 28, 2009 In 2007, a couple of days after my last chemotherapy treatment, I was riding in a bus along the unspoiled, completely...
- May 4, 2008
- 3 min
We can encourage businesses to do the right thing
May 24, 2008 When Chris and I visited a rugmaker's gallery in Morocco in 1995, we were enchanted by the rich colors, the gorgeous...
- May 20, 2007
- 3 min
How do you say ‘I'm sorry about George Bush’ in Italian?
May 20, 2007 A few years back I gave a lift to a lost Italian woman who was vacationing in Salt Lake City. We struggled to speak to one...