Stop Worrying
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not, how shall I…
Category: Traveler’s Tales
These Boots Were Made For Walking
Are you ready for winter? This is a question I ask anyone in North America, Latin America and Europe. Where does the expression come from? Well, in the olden days before…
The Women of the Karen
Many tribal communities migrated to Thailand from China and Tibet at during different periods of time but remain closed communities, adhering to their own cultural practices. They have been granted…
Undas et co
I grew up with the Halloween – All Saints Day – All Souls Day fusion version of North America, Mexico and the Philippines. My mother decorated the house for Halloween…
Full Circle
I returned to Bonn, the city where my life in Germany began in 1993. Since departing for India in 1994, I had been back only once and stored the memories…
Champagne Trails: A Quickie in Cologne
Plan A was to host an old and very dear friend in Berlin over the weekend before moving on to Bonn for the official part of her trip. She was…
Maps, Mapping, and Google Maps II
Maps and I have a love-hate relationship, heavy on the hate part. I have trouble reading maps and it seems to me that they never understand the way my brain…
Maps, Mapping, and Google Maps
I can´t read maps even if my life depended on it. This is a fact that everyone in my family has had to live with, and the men in my…
