Finding Simplicity in Local Resources & Technology
When it comes to ideas, I like to think big. It's more fun. I mean who doesn't want to visioneer building an eco-lodge in the Himalayas that taps into the…
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November 11, 2019
Building Blocks
"What are you doing in Besisahar?" The shopkeeper asked in Nepali. It had already been a week in the small capital of Lamjung and there was plenty of curiosity around…
June 12, 2019
First Trip to Lamjung
Nepal is a small country. The distance from our house to Lamjung, where EQUIP's partner schools are, is only 65 miles away as the crow flies. What Nepal may lack…
April 10, 2019
Making Resilient Memories
Circa 1991 If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his…
January 17, 2019
Exposure to Meaningful Risk
False Choice We are told that we live in one of the most polarizing cultures of all time. One versus the other. We think very linearly. Take Authority or Vulnerability. You…
June 11, 2018
There’s No Going Back: Reverse Culture Shock
Trekking in the Himalayas near Jomsom at age 10. I moved back to the U.S. when I was twelve. I remember staring out the airplane window and thinking of all…
March 6, 2018
Goals from Gratitude
The original Auld Lang Syne, source: scotland.org For Auld Lang Syne, My Dear! You may be like me and barely know the words, let alone the full meaning, of Auld…
January 4, 2018
The Ignition of Metacognition
With grad school finishing up and a new season well underway, I figured it high time to throw down a few thoughts to reflect back before looking ahead. There certainly…
October 13, 2017