Books Are My Bag

We all love books. And yes, we all love convenience, and even if we don’t love buying from online booksellers like Amazon, we all still do it, don’t we? But let’s face it. There’s nothing quite like walking into a bookshop, having a little...

Lessons from the Street

Three months ago, I blogged here about a wonderful new publication called Unsung Heroes.  It is a “coffee table book” and more, a volume full of beautiful photographs but also important information about the people working in Cambodia to affect change. The...

My Summer Reading

It may sound like an unbelievably nerdy thing to do, but I have a notebook where I keep track of everything I read. I’ve been doing it for years. I write down the title, author, approximate date of reading, and a line or two with my initial reaction. The entries...

Labor Day

Today is Labor Day here in America, where I’ve been for the past two months. Tomorrow is back to London and back to work. Looking back at the last post I put up here, I realise I’ve taken the entire month of August off from blogging and also from all work,...

Anjali House Writing Workshop: THE MOVIE!

These are precarious times for Cambodia. Just a few days ago they held their Presidential elections. The ruling party, CCP, and the long-term President, Hun Sen, won again, not surprisingly. But there are widespread allegations of serious irregularities and...

Finding Home

As usual, I am spending my summer at home: at my home on Martha’s Vineyard, that is. Off season (as we like to call it), I’m at my other home, in London. And for the past three years, in the winter, I have worked in Cambodia, a place where, quite...
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