When our daughter Ana was four and still living in a delightful princess world, she loved to play dress up. One day she ransacked her dress up box and came out of her room wearing raccoon slippers, a white bride’s veil and holding a plastic police riot baton. I said, “Oh, Ana, what a beautiful bride …
(posted July 2012 during the London Summer Olympics) This is really foolish and I’m going to pay for it tomorrow. It’s 2 AM Indonesia time and I really should be sleeping before a big day tomorrow. But I can’t help myself. In exactly one more hour the 2012 Summer Olympics will officially begin at Olympic …
On the south coast of Java this past weekend, I played on a beach that is accessible only by four-wheel-drive vehicles or motorcycles that dare. I guess the other way would be if you happened to be born in one of the nearby fishing villages and could walk there. The beach is of course …