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A few days ago we celebrated our 34th Wedding Anniversary, and come October will be 39 years together. How do you describe nearly 40 years together? Magical, joyful, fun, occasionally annoying… all are useful labels to encapsulate a life together. Our Anniversary We hosted a dinner party at our favorite restaurant Jasmin a Maslina to […]
Apologies for the long intermission between updates. How is your summer going? Ours is going well, but the heat is still oppressive and shows no signs of abating soon. Since Corfu, we have attended EXIT Festival 2024 and stayed with friends at their camp on Hvar, Croatia. Humanity Why is the blog titled Empathy and […]
Happy Birthday to me, I’m 60! With age comes new experiences…. So I am in the bathroom taking care of some personal grooming, no big deal. You know how it is, hair sprouting from places it shouldn’t and absent from where it should. Grabbing my trusty weed whacker (AKA nose hair trimmer), I begin deforesting […]
Where has the time gone? One year ago in May we left Virginia and moved to Serbia, and so many wonderful memories and experiences have manifested. The food, the drink the travel, and of course, old and new friends. We never in our wildest dreams expected to meet and become friends with so many wonderful […]
Our “One Night in Bangkok” (exotic 80’s song, written by ABBA) was actually three nights of eating, drinking and watching the Lady Boys perform live. Bangkok is truly international, and is an orgy of vibrant sights, smells and tastes with people going everywhere at all times of the night. Traffic is a nightmare, and traffic […]
After eleven hotels, six flights and three boat trips, it is comforting to know we will be home soon. We are looking forward to seeing everyone and sharing our newly acquired Thai cooking skills. On a very positive note, Eunjae’s coughing, asthma and colds have completely disappeared and she is feeling well. We both have […]
No, I am still a heterosexual white male. Visiting temples requires men and women to cover their knees and shoulders, and wearing pants at 40C is a “non-starter,” so bring on the sarong. Entering Laos, the first thing you notice is the lack of humidity although it is still hot 40C (104F). The heat wouldn’t […]