It’s 21°F/-6°C outside. How many layers of clothes would you need to survive a night in this cold? Three pairs of pants? Maybe a pair of thermal underwear beneath all of them? (Can you even fit into three pairs of pants?) What about your top half? Sweatshirts? Sweaters? Do you pile on the wool layers…
Lynn is 60 years old and originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She moved out to the Olympic Peninsula so she could be closer to her parents when they retired. Although she spent most of her working years in childcare, she did spend 2-1/2 years teaching conversational English in Japan and counts that as her favorite work…
I’ve had some time, lately, to ponder some deep thoughts. Most recently, I’ve been asking myself, “What does it mean to be human?” A better question, I think, is to ask: What does it mean to be a human? “Human” as in, a human being. Anthropologists will froth at the mouth given half a chance…
National Nepal has reassured it would continue to protect rights of Tibetans in the country: US Secretary of State Pompeo says US emphasis on a free and open Indo-Pacific region is very much in Nepal’s interest – ANIL GIRI, Kathmandu Mar 19, 2019- Nepal has given assurance to US officials that it would continue to protectthe…
I wish I could explain to everyone how I ended up here, but I don’t have any one answer for that — if I even have an answer at all. One year ago, I was trying to get my head on straight after spending three months in Nepal. I asked other people I knew who’d…