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Category Archives: travel

The Dirtiest City

We’re in a city with many tourists, many dogs, many pigeons, many museums, many trains. That Paris is the most romantic city in the world is a great lie. But that doesn’t make the city any less great. People here don’t give a shit what you think of them. Lots of people say that about [...]

A choice between school and food

Dear friends. It’s been awhile now, how I know in my heart I’m not doing enough. Then yesterday, it has come to us that Riverkids, the Cambodian help for street children group that we sell little Kewpie figurines for, may have to close. I believe the reason is due to insufficient expected donations. Simple as [...]

Craftsmen’s Drawers

Most times when we travel we travel like the rag-bone man. By the end of each day our nails are like chimney pots and our nostrils and hair dusty and dank. Even when we ought to be cleaner we couldn’t be – because we are always distracted by old stores and scrapes and one scrape [...]

Macabre Motives

Can you spot them?

Listening for birds

I am always watching out for that.