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Our rooted rootlessness

Rootlessness is so strange. Don’t get me wrong. I love that world-is-our-oyster feeling that I’ve had since I sold our house in July. That feeling that I haven’t been able to act on because the global pandemic has shut us out of the country we had decided to live in. I love it. But what’s … Continue reading Our rooted rootlessness →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized 4 Comments September 11, 2020October 28, 2020 9 Minutes

Post # 101: A non-food post

Barley soup Everyone seems to be posting their meals on social media these days. It’s like the boring old days of Facebook, when everyone posted photos of their restaurant meals. We’re all trapped at home now (in the US, anyway), so no one is getting those restaurant meals anymore. They are trying to replicate them … Continue reading Post # 101: A non-food post →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized Leave a comment September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 5 Minutes

Traveling while female

In front of the Chinggis Khan statue, Mongolia This is my 100th post to this blog. Two Vegetarians in Mongolia turns two today, as well. I'd like to thank everyone for following our lives these past two years. I was hoping to be writing this post in Mongolia, but of course we are still stuck … Continue reading Traveling while female →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized 9 Comments August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 9 Minutes

Return to Asahikawa, Part 2

After two days touring around Asahikawa and seeing some of its most famous spots with my friend Yumiko, we were dropped off at the Asahikawa Art Hotel for two more days of independent tourism. I chose the Art Hotel because I remembered it vaguely, though I think it had gone by the name Palace Hotel … Continue reading Return to Asahikawa, Part 2 →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized 2 Comments August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 12 Minutes

Return to Asahikawa, part 1

View from the Art Hotel When I was 29, I went to Japan to teach English, as people do. I hadn’t really taught before, just informally tutored people who were trying to learn English, through a community program in Boston. But I got hired by an English language school called Nova, and they were sending … Continue reading Return to Asahikawa, part 1 →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized 2 Comments August 11, 2020 8 Minutes

Grief redux

Photo by Iewek Gnos on Unsplash Trigger warning: This post discusses the death of a child. As I sit here, I’m heartbroken. Torn apart. It’s been a rough week, what with Beirut blowing up and all. And the mess we’re in. But today I read something a friend of mine had written, and I am devastated. My heart … Continue reading Grief redux →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized Leave a comment August 9, 2020 3 Minutes

Into the light of day

Photo by Bima Rahmanda on Unsplash One of the things I’ve been wanting to write about is why the work I’ve been doing at Mongolia International University has so meaningful to me. People have told me, “You can do better.” But it depends on what you mean by better. What I really want at this point in my … Continue reading Into the light of day →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized 6 Comments August 8, 2020August 9, 2020 11 Minutes

Realizing what we’ve lost

Really, she's photo bombing. Start of school, 2018 It’s August now, and usually I/we start to think of the coming school year. I took July “off.” I wrapped up the sale of our house, did some administrative stuff (you never realize how many people and organizations have your address until you move, especially when you … Continue reading Realizing what we’ve lost →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized 8 Comments August 5, 2020 7 Minutes

An origin story

The only photo of the four of us (my brother had not yet arrived), Thanksgiving 2006 I realized the other day that traveling runs in my family. I took my first international trip before I was three years old, to visit family in Switzerland. But my mother, the reason for that trip, had also traveled … Continue reading An origin story →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized 7 Comments August 2, 2020 8 Minutes

The bureaucracy post

Photo by Annika Gordon on Unsplash There are other things I wanted to write about more than this, but bureaucracy blew up in my life yesterday. I hope it’s nothing I can’t fix, and it’s nowhere near as serious as bureaucratic problems other people have, but it’s become a definite theme in our lives right now. There are … Continue reading The bureaucracy post →

Jericho Burg Uncategorized 5 Comments July 22, 2020 14 Minutes

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