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 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 | Jan 25, 2017 | Cambodia, Writing
It’s a new year and a new segment of our new life — the Cambodian segment. Although I have been coming here to work for years now, this time it’s different. I have a newly retired husband with me not only to carry my bags (as he so quaintly puts it)...
by AuthorSue | Dec 7, 2016 | Creativity, teaching, Writing
I have been thinking about rituals a lot lately. The holidays are fast upon us and that would be enough of a reason. This will be our first Christmas/Hanukah season with all four of our kids around us (our two sons and both their wives). That in itself calls for new...
by AuthorSue | Oct 31, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, teaching, Writing
This past week, I traveled up to a small town called Samrong in Oder Meanchey Province, near the Thai border. To be honest, I was a bit nervous. I’ve been to remote places before to teach, and I really didn’t know what I would find. This has been a very...
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