It has been three months since our friend Bandu’s tragic death. As is customary in the Buddhist tradition, after three months, the bereaved family hosts a home based ceremony in which the local monks are invited for a meal, and to…
From wats to waterfalls ~ Luang Prabang, Laos
We are settling in to life in Luang Prabang. Our bedroom is on the upper right, second floor -with the blue open shutters. Our neighbors, young novices make their way home to the temple across the road from us. Their…
Rural Cambodia
In the rice paddies, farmers transplant the young rice seedlings Wait! Are we in Nicaragua or Cambodia? Classic thatch wall, house on stilts. This is Cambodia, but it could be rural Nicaragua (Rosita)… “same same”, but different. Note the huge…