Our life in Chiang Mai here has been exciting but also challenging - in some ways because the culture and location is totally different, but in many ways just because we’ve chosen a different lifestyle here than we had back in Minneapolis. A huge difference is that we decided to not own a car here and just use our motorcycles, bicycles, Chiang Mai’s...
This is a heartfelt THANK YOU to all my loved ones who sent videos to Tory for labor encouragement and congratulations for the birth of our precious daughter, Camille. I watched all of the pre-baby videos as my contractions were amping up, while I could still laugh and cry and pay attention to your kind and thoughtful words. Thank you for knowing me,...
Resting with our daughter in the hospital just after birth She came with the rain. The air was fresh and a slow drizzle started just as Tory and I were finishing up our walk through the trees on the Chiang Mai University campus after dinner and after dark. We spent the morning with Rebecca and Patrick, enjoying a brunch together and hoping that...
Incredibly, it's been a year since we arrived in Chiang Mai with our two suitcases and a boatload of expectations and dreams. Many of our hopes have been realized, many of our expectations were completely off-base - in some ways due to the fact that Chiang Mai has changed over the 7 years since I was here last, and in more ways, because...
I have always had a wide variety of interests and projects, and haven’t really been able (or perhaps willing) to hone them down. Fashion or Film? Not to mention any number of side hobbies at a given time. Many of my choices have panned out naturally: certain skills asserted themselves, projects came and went, or I chose not to choose and squeezed it...
Our little family has been talking a lot about rituals, as my belly grows, and we will finally stay put for the next several months. Thankfully through all this talk, we've been able to increase the rituals we practice as well. A blog I just read put it well: rituals are habits steeped in meaning. I'm not sure if "steeped" was from her...
Current Reminders that I'm Pregnant: big baby kicks constant pee breaks soooooore low back Currently Eating: Mulberries Mangos Currently Reading: Steal Like an Artist Currently Listening to: Don't You - Wet Currently Contemplating: The state of fear in America Currently Impressed by: This guy. ...
