a life inspired

Today is our 1-year anniversary of arriving in Nepal!  I can easily recall the feelings of excitement, nervousness, and uncertainty that rumbled through me. I remember it being colder than I expected and that the sights, colours, smells, and sounds were overwhelming.  I noticed the other day while riding a small [...]

waiting just below the surface, it simmers
burping and belching malice, deceit, and mistrust
we all know you are there and you know we are waiting
the vibrations of daily life continue but your infections fester with discontent
it is power that manipulates you, twists you, sharpens you
they choke on their hope and drown in their patience
and their fear [...]

It has been a long week – we are gearing up for a program analysis workshop happening Monday to Wednesday next week and since we are all new here in the Education Program office, I am pitching in to help where I can – we are sort of fumbling through it all together which is [...]

Up to this point, I have not spent much time commenting on the political situation in Nepal.  My first hesitation is that I am hardly a reliable source of information about the political situation – I have only been here 2 months and most of that time we have spent under the kind and watchful [...]