The government of Nepal has declared at least a three day ‘holiday’, during which basically nothing will take place. Unless, of course, you count the transition of the government from a 239 year old monarchy to a nominally democratic republic. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we plan on doing very little in the way of official business. We [...]
Rec’d this reassuring email from the Little Sisters Fund’s director, Trevor Patzer, today. Things look good politically. The Maoists won the election but they did not win “big enough” to rule with impunity. Instead, they will have to work with others in the government to form the majority they need. This is good. They plan [...]
We lived in Cairo for a couple of years, and this article? Well, it pretty well hits the nail right into the eardrum. Nope, no idea how the reporter came to refer to noise as a silent enemy. Maybe there was a winky emoticon in the original that some pernicious copyeditor struck?
…Nepal, and our attempts to learn a thing or two about the place before we plunge into it! I mean, holy cow, it’s been bubbling to the top of the news an awful lot lately, huh? There’s some great pictures coming out of there (I hope we’ll get a chance to meet this photographer). There [...]
…being a husband and wife documentary team. Amy and I have been working together as storytellers since she came to join me in Romania during the summer of 2003. It’s been full time for both of us since 2005 when she left a 10-year career as a teacher and we formed nonfiction media and NonFiction Weddings. [...]
