by AuthorSue | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
image courtesy of npr.org I voted this past week. It has never felt quite so monumental. But voting has always felt like an important event to me, whether I’ve done it inside an automated booth in a big US city, or a small council hall in the UK. Whether...
by AuthorSue | Oct 6, 2020 | Uncategorised
With the passing of the summer and the prospect of long months full of cold and darkness (not to mention a worrying US election), I decided enough was enough. Enough pessimism. Enough doom and gloom. My apocalyptic view was getting me nowhere and certainly not doing...
by AuthorSue | Sep 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
Here I am, needing to write another blog post instigated by death. Last week’s passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a huge loss, not only for Americans. not only for women, not only for those who believe in the rule of law, but for everyone, everywhere. When has...
by AuthorSue | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorised
So many people think that religions differ greatly, but I’m always amazed at how similar they can be. This week sees the start of two very different, yet very similar holy seasons. Pchum Ben is one of the holiest times of the Cambodian calendar. It is a 15 day...
by AuthorSue | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
Matthias Bein/picture alliance via Getty Images Whenever I talk to anyone about the pandemic, which I still seem to do all the time, I say that at this point my anxiety level is under control, as long as I don’t try to plan anything beyond a week away. Of the...
by AuthorSue | Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorised
image courtesy of BBC.co.uk It was reported that Kaing Guk Eav, otherwise known as Duch, died today. He had been the Chief of the notorious Tuol Sleng Prison and had personally overseen the torture and deaths of thousands of Cambodian citizens. It took nearly 50 years...
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