[ Houston, Texas ] Hey everyone. I’ve been out of the loop for a while–taking care of my own routine medical and dental care in New Delhi, traveling back to the United...
[ New Delhi, India ] I’ve had a bit of time in between medical errands to start working through a rather large backlog of stories. Besides, I owe you guys some tales...
[ Pokhara, Nepal ] First, Aamaa’s health: She is healing excellently from the surgery: wounds clean & without infections, lungs clear, good appetite, talkative,...
[ Pokhara, Nepal ] A couple of days ago, riding my bike, I heard a loud “hey!” and turned in the saddle to find myself pursued by a shaggy-haired, swarthy man with...
[ Pokhara, Nepal ] I’ve been posting a lot about the unhappy facts of my Nepali mom’s injury, and even more unhappy facts about the financial aftermath. In fact,...
[ Pokhara, Nepal ] On the morning of Wednesday, April 23rd, seventy-eight year old Ganesh Kumari Shrestha—my Nepali mom, my aamaa—fell from her upstairs balcony onto a stone...
[ Pokhara & Kathmandu ] Over the last two weeks, I have forwarded a spate of news your way, most of it bad. First there was the sudden descent into serious illness by skydiving...
[ Kathmandu, Nepal ] Happy Mata Tirtha Aunshi (Nepali Mother’s Day)! How did you celebrate? For my part I celebrated by visiting my Nepali mom in the ICU for a second...
[ Kathmandu, Nepal ] T.I.N. This Is Nepal. It’s one of the first morsels of wisdom a veteran Nepali traveller will impart to a first-timers. Over the last two years, I’ve...