Japanese Culture Ten Things – a travel blog
April 22, 2016
I’m in Japan for two weeks. It’s my second trip to visit my younger son,... read more
Tibetan: Melting Snow and Protests
August 27, 2015
As the Tibetan lama, Arjia Rinpoché, puts it, Tibet’s “language, its religion, its culture, and... read more
Kurds and Kurdistan: Lines are Drawn in the Sand
August 6, 2015
The Turks have Turkey, the Syrians have Syria. Why do the Kurds not have a... read more
Gold in the Mayan Highlands
March 26, 2015
For thousands of years the K’iche’ people, Mayan speakers, have revered the golden kernels belonging... read more
Motoring around Saigon: Book Research
March 10, 2015
In 2012 I spent six months in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. My goal,... read more
Sinhala: Language and Power
October 27, 2014
In the Indian Ocean off the south coast of India is the island nation of... read more