In the Valentine’s Day trenches
Valentine's Day is too emotionally charged to be anything but annoying. But it does make me stop and look at the years I've enjoyed with Ramon
What I did on my summer vacation
I haven’t worked for months. No, it’s okay. My last months in Colombia were rough – very long hours with several enormous tasks dangling over my head. It was time for a break. Sabbatical – lovely word,...
End of summer travels
After a blistering period of work through spring and summer, I began to make plans to take some time off. I was still in Kabul, finishing up a final project report there and also...