The park where we walk the dogs Yesterday I got a message from a longtime reader asking if we were OK, which prompted me to to see when my last post was made. I had a vague sense of “sometime during the summer.” It was nearly three months ago, when we were back in the … Continue reading A long overdue update
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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
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
Wrapping up the school year at MIU
They threw us a party We only have two weeks left in Mongolia, but for those who have just discovered this blog, don’t worry – I have at least a year’s worth of posts left. There is so much I haven’t written about yet, and quite a lot I’ve started writing about but haven’t had … Continue reading Wrapping up the school year at MIU
What it’s been like teaching in Mongolia, so far
MIU Media and Communication Department party I started trying to write this post at the end of last semester, but it didn’t happen because things were too busy. I do want to reflect on my first semester teaching here before the second one begins, which is in a little less than a month now (we … Continue reading What it’s been like teaching in Mongolia, so far
Two Vegetarians in Mongolia 