by AuthorSue | Oct 31, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
I have had a great first week back in Siem Reap, switching back and forth between my work with Writing Through and my work at Anjali House. For Writing Through, this week has been about seeing old friends, making new ones, setting up repeat workshops for last...
by AuthorSue | Oct 16, 2015 | Cambodia, history, novels, Uncategorized, Writing
It seems at least once a year somebody is railing about the death of the novel. I’ve thrown my hands up in despair about it so many times that I won’t bother to show you the links. But there’s a somewhat different and interesting take on the question...
by AuthorSue | Oct 9, 2015 | Cambodia, history, novels, politics, Thailand, Uncategorized, Writing
John Burgess, former foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, has written a fascinating and compelling history of the temple known as Preah Vihear, which lies on the border of Cambodia and Thailand. Ownership of this important site has been disputed for...
by AuthorSue | Sep 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
I may have grown up in New York, but I was never a Yankees fan. I always rooted for the scraggly underdogs, i.e. The Mets, and then when I married into a Red Sox family, well….. But I always loved Yogi Berra — who didn’t?– and the fact that he...
by AuthorSue | Sep 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
There is a weird thing that happens to runners. Sometimes, in the midst of a run, despite running along quite confidently, all of a sudden, you stop. The feet stop moving as quickly. The legs slow to a walk, or come to a complete halt. And very often, you don’t...
by AuthorSue | Jun 30, 2015 | history, music, politics, Uncategorized, United States
So, this isn’t what I had planned to write about here today. But lots can happen in a week. The last sentence of one of my blog posts of last week read: All I can say is that although I am one of the most pollyanna-ishly optimistic and hopeful people I know, I...
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