Patricia Sanders
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My fiction reading went heavy on the light, this year – often, paperbacks I picked up at hostels to read on planes and in immigration lines. Mid-year I began to read political books for my work writing abstracts – demanding and rewarding work. Searoad and I for Isobel were highlights in…
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On Thanksgiving Day we trekked seven kilometers into the mountains near Chiang Khong (Thailand) to a waterfall. Yves pointed out plants and animals along the way. The only other person we saw was a Hmong hunter.
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This is going to be a very personal post … I’m writing for my own benefit, really, to ponder and record what I feel I’ve accomplished and experienced during the past year – my “golden” year. This year has been one of a string of transformative, challenging years. November 30,…
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And from my new friend Zohar …
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Last summer, after staying in lovely Bukit Lawang for three weeks, I took four days to visit some other parts of Sumatra: Berastagi/Brastagi, on the slopes of the volcanic Mt. Sibayak, where I planned to spend two nights and hike up the volcano, and gorgeous Lake Toba and the island…
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Yves, who’s at the Hub Pub in Chiang Khong, showed us how to harvest a banana flower, during a trek into the nearby mountains.