Ramon and I went to the Spanish Pyrenees for a bit of a summer respite. It was so hot in Madrid in August… going to the mountains was like a dip in a cool lake. Ramon has history with this place – he learned mountain rescue in the area, which you’ll...
Another blog post from Scotland! Or, at least, about Scotland. My most keen-eyed blog followers (you know who you are!) are absolutely correct – this trip was in May and I am really behind on my posts. Still, anything good is worth the wait, and Edinburgh, the...
It takes time to arrive at the Isle of Skye, so it makes sense I needed a bit more time to write about the experience. My friend, Andy, met me in Edinburgh and we took the train north, to Inverness, and then on to Kyle of Lochalsh, alongside the bridge to Skye, in the...
When USAID was being dismantled in February, and the extent of my predicament becoming clearer and deeper, I came across an announcement for the UK Evaluation Society annual conference in Glasgow. I signed up, almost on impulse, thinking that I could reestablish...
What’s your name? What’s your identity? Как Вас зовут? Russian class was offered at our rival high school. I had to bus there and back each day and eat my lunch in transit. That didn’t deter me. The teacher was great and loved my enthusiasm for the...
The Superbowl is over for another year. People are happy or sad about the outcome, based on their life-long affinity for one team or another, or sometimes based more on whim. If someone won last year, that team is sort of automatically served up as the Goliath that...
