Things are busy here as we wind up our time in Penang, at least for me, and at least for now for Ray (who will eagerly return in January to work on his projects, while I intrepidly try to advance my snowboarding for another season in Japan). But first, alas, we will have to say [...]

Hello! Lots to tell about our most recent trip/country, a marvelous, incredible, fantastic adventurous 3-week journey through Indonesia with Sjoerd…but for now, a bit of an update to fill you in on the small and bigger picture of our lives at the moment! We’re back in Penang, Malaysia, workin our tails off for another 19 [...]

September 11, 2001. Ten years ago already. I wish I had a journal from that day. If I did it would read something like this: September 11, 2001 6:43pm Flagstaff, Arizona Jeff woke me up with a call from his dorm downstairs this morning at about 8:30a – or was it 6:30a? 7:30a?…today’s all been [...]