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Endless Summer and the Deadly Ebola Virus
Welfleet, Cape Cod is our summer refuge for at least two weeks of the year. The tradition started when my first child was born. Last...
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Jun 10, 2014
Wellesley College Reunion
The sun shone brightly on our reunion weekend at Wellesley College welcoming returning alumnae from the 5th to the 75th reunion years. ...
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Apr 14, 2014
The One-Year Anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings
Leading up to this one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings, there was numerous continuous coverage on the news, reminisces...
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Mar 16, 2014
The 100th Anniversary of the College Hall Fire, Wellesley
Today is the 100th anniversary of the Great Fire that burned down the College Hall of Wellesley College which took four years to build...
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Mar 2, 2014
My Wounded Knee
I came home over two weeks ago. It had been snowing. At some point when I was in Sarawak, out of the blue I felt very travel weary and...
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Feb 7, 2014
The Eve of the Jade Emperor’s Birthday
Malaysia is in the midst of an outbreak of Dengue. Dengue is endemic here. Last year in the first three weeks of January, there were...
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Feb 5, 2014
Last Morning in Kuching
I sat on the balcony on the second floor and had my simple breakfast. A row of pigeons perched on the wire preening. Today I planned to...
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Feb 3, 2014
The Penan Tribe and the Canopy Walk
The early morning mist covered the mountains and the river lending mystery to the surrounding areas. Soon the sun burned up the fog. I...
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Feb 3, 2014
In search of the Endangered Rafflesia
Two years ago when I was traveling with my daughter Cara in Sabah we were looking to see if we could find the elusive and rare Rafflesia...
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Feb 1, 2014
The Pinnacles
We got up at six and had a breakfast of toasts, beans, eggs and tea, packed a sandwich and an apple for lunch, some water, a raincoat...
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Jan 31, 2014
Gunung Mulu National Park
In the morning I went to the airport to catch my flight to Mulu. My driver was an Iban so he did not celebrate Chinese New Year. I...
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Jan 30, 2014
From Manila to Miri, Sarawak
This morning I went to feed the cat and the kittens before walking to the National Museum which had a whole section on the retrieved...
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Oct 5, 2013
Sapitwa: Don’t Go There
Climbing to the highest peak of Mulanje, Sapitwa, had been Erin’s and my goal but it takes three days to do so. So we took Friday off,...
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Sep 29, 2013
The Lot of Malawian Village Women
This past weekend was so hot that the prolonged black-out did not help matter. The only time it is a little tolerable is early in the...
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Sep 23, 2013
Have a Sankhulani
Over the weekend I stayed in Limbe, next to Blantyre and on Monday I traveled south to the East Bank to meet my team who traveled...
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Sep 20, 2013
Zomba Plateau
Erin and I headed towards Zomba Plateau this weekend.I met her while hiking Mulange. Parts of the road to Zomba are under construction...
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