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Chinese Noodle
During a recent trip to Cambodia my daughter and I visited Battambang twice – en route from Abby’s home village of Kra Kor to Siem Reap, and on our return trip. During those two brief stays we ate at Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia, Personal
Tagged Angkor beer, Battambang, Cambodia, Chinese Noodle, Peace Corps
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Cambodia Today – A Generation After the Killing Fields
Thirty-five years ago, Vietnamese marched into Phnom Penh, liberating Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge, who’d ostensibly liberated the same people a mere four years before. The Khmer Rouge’s short but devastating regime capitalized on the Cambodian people’s reverence for nation … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Killing Fields, Peace Corps, Pursat
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Personal Hygiene Tips from the Developing World
One thing American’s dislike about traveling to developing countries is dealing with other, presumably lesser, standards of hygiene. After two weeks in Cambodia I not only got used to how this poor country deals with bodily functions, I came to … Continue reading
Same Same But Different
I recently visited Cambodia and received foreign travel’s twin satisfactions: a deeper appreciation for others and a sharpened perspective on my own country’s strengths and flaws. I also snagged this souvenir T-shirt whose cryptic puzzle leaves me wondering how we … Continue reading
Yoga Cross-training
I attended twelve yoga classes last week. Excessive? You bet. But I found benefit in every one. Since I stopped doing Bikram last September I’ve expanded into doing a variety of yoga styles. My home base these days is CorePower … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged Bikram, Bikram yoga, CorePower, COrePowr Yoga, Om Namo, Santosh Karmacharya
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Columbia Maryland: Violence in Suburban Utopia
Last weeks shooting in Columbia, MD struck a deeper chord in me than other recent public carnage. We will never know why Darius Marcus Aguilar chose to open fire at the Mall in Columbia over any of the other enclosed … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged Columbia MD, Darius Marcus Aguilar, Greenblet MD, James Rouse, planned cities, Radburn NJ, Reston VA
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Since They Lost Sammy – New York Times 1/26/2014
Yesterday’s New York Times has a long and moving article about a Brooklyn family whose twelve-year-old son Sammy was killed by a truck on the street in front of their house. Since They Lost Sammy The article touches on their … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Amy Cohen, Be Like Brit, Gary Eckstein, Len Gengel, N.B.Kleinfield, New York Times, NY Times, pedestrian safety
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January: MIddlesex County vs. August: Osage County
I send an email to my housemate: Got a lot done today, want to go to a movie? We do that sometimes; send emails when we’re too lazy to walk the stairs. I hate yelling between rooms. Sure, what do … Continue reading
Why its so hard to go back to sleep at 4 a.m.
Once, when we were dating, you walked across your bedroom floor and I realized I’d love you forever. You said our baggage didn’t match. You’d been singed. You had your dog. You would stay put. Then you met someone who stirred your ashes, moved to … Continue reading
Remember Haiti
Today is the fourth anniversary of the Haiti earthquake. 250,000 people died. Aid flooded in, some seeped out. The disaster has been eclipsed by Oklahoma tornadoes and Philippine typhoons and New York City hurricanes. Most Haitians have reestablished a daily … Continue reading
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