I was walking out of the market on my first morning, down a quiet alley by its far side and I came across a group of boys paying marbles. They happily mugged for me. Their father yelled something and I worried for second but he was smiling. He vanished, returned with a camera, took pics […]

I am writing this from a hotel room in Siem Riep , Cambodia — Angkor Wat. Tomorrow we will see the temples, but it is really nutty to be here. We just spent three days in Phan Thiet, Vietnam. Our hotel was about one k from a little fishing village. since I found myself up […]

My new column is up here. It is about Tom and Cathy Davis. Those of you who have read this blog for a long time will certainly recall the tragic tale that defined by first year here in my own mind. I was finally ready to write about it,and Tom was ready for me to […]

There are these great tournaments once a month or so called ISAC — International School Athletic competitions. They have them in virtually every sport and for every age. This year Jacob has competed in cross country, soccer and handball, which was last Saturday at the Canadian School. He loves representing Dulwich and there is a […]

Did you hear the one about the two Southern guys who met and became friends in Beijing? One’s from Kentucky, the other is a native Tar Heel. One night they start arguing about who’s more redneck. It’s a little fuzzy now whether they were trying to out redneck or underredneck one another. Doesn’t really matter, […]