Written from Kanchipuram, just completed/edited: As I write, I think I hear the monkeys squabbling outside my window. Maybe not. I mean, wouldn't they be asleep at this hour? My curtains are drawn shut because it is only 4:30am. Jet lag has me up at this hour. If I [...]
Hello from Chennai, South India! I arrived at the Chennai airport yesterday, tired beyond tired. We went through immigration, collected our luggage, found our driver, and checked into our hotel around 4am. After a relaxing shower, it must have been 5am by the time I slipped into bed with [...]
Approaching Winter Solstice means that we are deep into weeks of short days and long nights. Here in the Pacific Northwest, on our shortest day we will have 7 hours and 34 minutes less sunlight than we had on our longest day in June. Add clouds and rain to the [...]
PARADISE (I) Growing up, I attended Saints Peter and Paul Grade School and Andrean High School (named after Bishop Andrew Grutka). It was a big deal for me to go to Catholic school. My parents scrambled and worked long hours to pay the hefty tuition for my private school. [...]
On Sunday, September 29, I went hiking on the Kendall Katwalk with my friend Caron. The Kendall Katwalk Trail is very beautiful and last Sunday was no exception! I keep a log of all of my hikes and was trying to figure out the last time I was there. [...]
