by AuthorSue | Mar 20, 2017 | Cambodia, Travel
To be honest, Siem Reap is a small town. Because it is the gateway to the Angkor Temples, it has many more than its fair share of excellent restaurants and hotels, but when you live here for a while, it can all start getting a bit repetitive. On Sundays, we like to do...
by AuthorSue | Mar 8, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, Gender Equity, poetry, teaching, Writing
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to go out into a countryside school and write poetry with a bunch of kids? One of Writing Through’s partners, ODA, is an educational shelter for extremely disadvantaged kids in the Angkor district...
by AuthorSue | Feb 20, 2017 | Cambodia, Travel
This was a big weekend in tourist town. First, there was the By Royal Invitation Only premiere of Angelina Jolie’s new film, First They Killed My Father. Surprisingly, we were not invited. Supposedly, this will soon be on general release throughout Cambodia and...
by AuthorSue | Feb 13, 2017 | Cambodia, Creativity, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
Every Writing Through workshop is special, but for me personally, the one that I facilitate at Anjali House is a highlight of my year. After all, what has become an international NGO began as my Anjali House creative writing workshop seven years ago. I ran this, this...
by AuthorSue | Feb 5, 2017 | Cambodia, history, novels, research, Writing
On Saturday, I had the remarkable experience of visiting a temple very few people (especially visitors and tourists) have ever heard of. It is called Chao Srey Vitbol, or Beautiful Granddaughter, and the aerial photograph above shows how huge it is. My husband,...
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