by AuthorSue | Mar 30, 2015 | Cambodia, history, philanthropy, teaching, Thailand, Uncategorized, Writing
This was a big weekend for Writing Through. The weeklong Full-Length workshops always culminate in a ‘Big Event’ where the students stand up and read the work they had written over the course of the workshop. Usually, their presentations lead to a party...
by AuthorSue | Mar 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Magic happens here all the time. You never know when one stray conversation will lead to a new connection, a new opportunity. This past Friday we traveled from Sisophon, which I wrote about here, back to Siem Reap for the Writing Through Cambodia Big Event celebrating...
by AuthorSue | Mar 14, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, Uncategorized, Writing
A quick post to tell about how I had the chance to join a few other long-term guests at my guest house to help a nearby Pagoda with a much needed construction project. The young family who own the guest house, Horizons, wanted to help the monks build a place where...
by AuthorSue | Mar 9, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, short story, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
I spent this past week in Phnom Penh. I come every year. I have always loved its craziness, its mass of humanity on the streets, the astonishing juxtaposition of developed and undeveloped. Mostly now, though, it is a city full of friends, and I spent many nights this...
by AuthorSue | Mar 5, 2015 | Cambodia, novels, philanthropy, poetry, publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
I’ve been called many things, but this one I like 🙂 ‘A Writer Abroad” This is also the name of a fairly new magazine (the 2nd issue is now out) whose mission statement is clearly stated on its cover: Connecting Writers ...
by AuthorSue | Mar 1, 2015 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing
While I am here in Siem Reap, I make it a habit to find time to read aloud to the kids in the public school housed on the grounds of my favourite pagoda, Wat Damnak. The reading takes place in another favourite place of mine, the children’s library of the Centre...
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