Indirection
After being pushed to my emotional limit in 2015, I chose to spend 2016 on a journey of renewal and personal growth. I consider it my...
An Unlikely Chorus
The surrounding peaks glowed orange as we trudged on deep in the Kali Gandaki gorge. We had not planned to hike this stretch of the trip,...
Starting Again
Last fall the Center for Social Impact Learning (part of the Middlebury Institute campus) sent me to a 3 day digital storytelling...
California Thirst
The veil of fog had already lifted by the time I departed Monterey, that blessed haven of reasonable temperatures in the middle of a...
As the Dust Settles
When the Peace Corps invited me to serve as a volunteer in Nepal four years ago, the anticipation of spending two years in the heart of...
My Development Philosophy
It was a sunny afternoon in the hillside of Chautara, Nepal, with a crispness reserved only for the cusp of winter. The fresh air kissed...
