This weekend marks a special holiday, one that I was privileged to see celebrated last year in Phnom Penh. No, I’m not talking about Halloween (although I will certainly be celebrating that tomorrow evening in the Perche) but about the Cambodian Water Festival, or “Bon Om Touk.”
Last November I was torn. Should I go up [...]
I’ve been here in Maine for several weeks and have spent most of my time being determinedly on vacation. From just about everything. I’ve been eating, drinking, playing, sleeping, watching TV, sleeping, eating, drinking, playing… and that’s about all. And yet as I sat down to write this, I realized that I could spend hours [...]
There is so much to say, so much to tell… I haven’t written for a while because it’s difficult to synthesize what’s been happening. So perhaps instead of trying to write something coherent and (perhaps) interesting, I’ll just content myself with a newsy note.
As I write this I’m in Paris, at the apartment of my [...]
Hello from Phnom Penh… I couldn’t get online at Wat Opot, as my phone (internet-wise) has decided to be funky again – but tonight I’m online at the Green Mango, and Romain is peacefully reading his book across the table while we wait for our dinner.
All is well, very well. I’m very grateful to have [...]
Some news on the personal front… I am now motorized!! Thanks to my friend Dan, who sold my car for me in Paris, I was able to buy a Suzuki “moto” – not really a motorcycle, not a scooter, but somewhere between the two. I spent as little as possible, and have calculated the cost [...]
It’s 7 pm on December 31st, and I’m sitting at my favorite wifi spot, the Green Mango, in Phnom Penh. The air is balmy, and Christmas lights are still adorning shops and restaurants… A light rain is falling, and in about an hour, Wayne and I are going to a New Year’s party at the [...]
I’ll fly from Paris to Cambodia
To Vincennes to celebrate the Cambodian new year with the large Cambodian community that lives there. I’ll be going with my Khmer teacher, Sina – who is anxious to show me what it’s all about!
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