A Time to Reflect

April 22, 2016

Trying to recover from typhoid has given me more free time than I know what to do with. Doctors suggest that rest and “stress free” living are keys to recovery, so I’m in the city doing, well, nothing much. And doing nothing has given me plenty of time to think. Mostly, my thoughts have focused […]

Playing Aunties, Part II

September 13, 2013

In case you didn’t catch the last blog entry, Rachel and I are taking care of our friend Agustina’s two older children while she’s out of town. Many of the experience are new to these two tribal kids, and Rachel and I are learning about their culture, too. Here are a few highlights from the […]

Death to the Joint Mouse

March 11, 2013

A few years ago I found out I had a joint mouse. That might sound made-up, but it’s what they call a little piece of broken stuff that’s floating around in one of the body’s joints…in my case, my knee. On March 2nd I went to Samachique, a small village in the mountains of northern Mexico. […]