Nov 17, 2007

It’s a beautiful cool November day. It rained this morning, which around here is usually accompanied by warming; sure enough it’s about sixty degrees out. The sky is a gentle grey with tall deep textures moving slowly and a promise of sun later on. It’s a quiet, still late morning. Birds are singing, and there aren’t many cars on the...

Nov 14, 2007

I’ve actually been back in the land of ubiquitous Wi-Fi for two days now. Just now peeking my head out of a cognitive fog of jet-lag. (It’s not that I’m especially tired most of the time – I’m just disoriented, uncoordinate, and stupid. More than usual, I mean. Mess around with the circadian clock and it gets its revenge.) Musings...

Nov 9, 2007

It’s festival time in Nepal! For the past few days people have been hanging colored lights on houses and temples, bands have been rehearsing, and firecrackers have been going off periodically. Now the festival is here in earnest. Last night we spent some time up on the rooftop. A thundershower earlier in the day cleared away the smog so we could see for...

Nov 4, 2007

Connectivity is scarce. Here’s a week’s worth of brain dump: They drive on the left in Nepal, too. Well, and the right and the middle, too. Traffic here flows through the narrow streets a little like blood cells through arteries – dodging, weaving, honking, and by some miracle not bumping into things too much. Also, like arteries, the streets...

Oct 28, 2007

I updated the clock on my computer from US Pacific Standard Time to Thailand time, and it jumped from 11:20 a.m. Sunday to 1:20 a.m. Monday. Too tired to do the math, but I got up at 5 a.m. Saturday and now I’m going to bed for a few hours. So, long day. Flight out of Seattle was delayed; there’s a runway under repair at San Francisco so our...

Oct 26, 2007

Got packed last night; everything but the prosfora for Liturgies in Nepal. Katherine wasn’t happy with the loaves she baked, so she’s made another batch to send with me. The loaves I picked up this morning are platonic ideals of perfect loafness. Hopefully I’ve packed them so that they’ll survive the trip without getting mashed out of...

Oct 9, 2007

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Oct 2, 2007

There Leg Flight From To Duration Walla Walla – Seattle Alaska 2045 10/26 16:50 GMT-8 10/26 17:59 GMT-8 1h 09m Overnight in Seattle 15h 29m Seattle – San Fran United 729 10/27 09:30 GMT-8 10/27 11:41 GMT-8 2h 11m Connection 1h 56m San Fran – Taipei United 871 10/27 13:15 GMT-8 10/28 17:10 GMT+8 13h 55m Connection 3h...