Many years ago we took our daughter out of public middle school and sent her to a local evangelical Lutheran private school. It was the least expensive of the several private schools in the area and was well-regarded. Seventh grade had been scary year, as middle school years often are. The last straw was when … More Voluntourism Done Right (and Wrong)
In mid-summer of 2016 my daughter and her partners held a 14 day permaculture design course on a small ranch above Bozeman, Montana. My daughter recruited me and my husband to cook for the 30-some participants for the first three days, using the detailed menus she had created and sourced. We had a history of preparing … More Food Truck Cook in the High Plains
Two summers ago in 2017 I got frustrated. I was trying to edge my townhome community toward a more conscious ecological perspective on maintenance decisions, but I didn’t know enough to be really persuasive. I saw an ad via email for something called a Master Water Steward program, run jointly by the Freshwater Society , and … More A Water Immersion
by Phil Deering This is chapter three of a three-part post. In Chapter 1, I told the story of a 2007 trek during which I encountered a one-room school in the highlands of the north of Vietnam. When I learned the school had been destroyed in a landslide I decided to raise the money and … More My Three Cups of Tea: Chapter 3 and end
In chapter one, guest blogger Phil Deering told the story of a 2007 trek during which he encountered a one-room school in the highlands of the north of Vietnam. When he learned the school had been destroyed in a landslide, he decided to raise the money and ensure it would be used for a new … More My Three Cups of Tea: chapter 2
Guest blogger Phil Deering [photo courtesy of Mike Holtby, 2008, Flower Hmong child doing homework] Three Cups of Tea tells the story of an elite mountain climber who, injured and lost, stumbles into a tiny village deep in the Hindu Kush. As he’s nursed back to health, the author sees girl children of the village … More My Three Cups of Tea: chapter 1
Today’s post is by guest blogger and friend Linda Feltes. Linda Feltes is a team leader with Xperitas (formerly Global citizens Network) She has ten years experience co-leading groups on cultural immersion travel trips in the US and abroad, in addition to her fulltime job with the State of Minnesota. I learn something new every time I leave … More Why Travel Outside the US (If you are an American)
Other states, other lives, other souls 