I was only in town for a week after South America and before I left for Africa, which was really really a short time. Too short. I didn’t have time to get myself together and prepped, let alone have time to spend some time with my friends and loved…
Today I spent celebrating a project with linguist Michael Diercks, of Pomona College, who is among 7 collaborators documenting small AFrican languages that until now — weren't. 10 members of Maragoli have been taping their personal stories, hi…
So much happens in a day. It’s hard to keep track when it is all new ; that’s what is so amazing about travel. When everything is new, you can see the everyday in a new way. In a day, i learned how to pee in a hole - sort of, I still cant figure out…
I remember when I was in Budapest, after four days or so I was ready to move on. I went to the station to get a ticket for the afternoon train. It was more than three hours late, so I went back to the hostel and stayed another day. The next mornin…
I landed in Kenya on my birthday. It wasn't until I was standing in line to purchase a visa at the hangar turned airport at Nairobi, that I remembered it was. I never thougth that is where I would spend one. Life is awesome!…
Why do we use red dye No. something we can't pronounce when Mom Earth supplies so many tiny miracles all the time? A visit to his village and just 2 minutes in, Wilder cracked open an "achiote" fruit, which has long been used to colo…
It's all about this today, and candy for a 3-foot pinata. They go hand in hand. Celebrating and showing photos of the Las Minitas school tonight that me and about 200 others helped families build.…
Woo hoo! WE - The Friends Project — built a school in Nicaragua! Tomorrow, July 23, I'm hosting a pop-up photo show to celebrate. I'll be sharing images of the construction, my experience with the Las Minitas farmers, the opening celebrati…
I wrote this "About me" section when I joined Facebook, I don't know, maybe 8 years ago? Life is short. Life is sweet. Life is a bag of rocks smashing you in the head. Life is the 2 a.m. conversations about your insane adventures, wi…
