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Two weeks ago, I explained why my partner Sara and I have decided to move overseas again, why we’re willing and even wanting to leave the US and the comforts it affords. Sharing how easy it’s been to lapse into a … Continue reading
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My partner Sara and I met because of a dog and a disaster. Literally. The sea swelled with tsunami in 2004, and in the wake of that waning wave in Asia, I swooned, so to speak—first for a dog—then for … Continue reading
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I was reminded recently that my most traumatic travel experiences have invariably involved our dogs and my lame attempts to move them in and out of the US. My efforts to traffic pets internationally has inevitably devolved into a canine comedy of errors Cesar Millan himself could not … Continue reading
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My partner Sara says I’m a bag lady. Though she hasn’t indicated it’s terminal, she insists it’s a sickness, maybe even a curse. (I think, she exaggerates.) I’ve written before about my advanced luggaging skills. I’ve even composed “A Beginner’s Guide to Becoming … Continue reading
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Okay. It’s true. I’m hopelessly in love. And this coming weekend, the woman I’ve loved for six sensational years will celebrate another birthday. For those of you who might not know, my partner is an international aid worker who directed Habitat for Humanity’s response to … Continue reading
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I feel like a detective, trying to investigate my own life—piecing and pasting parts of my past together—hoping to reassemble some sense of story that makes meaning from the fragments—photos, journal entries, newspaper clippings, family stories. It’s an agonizingly slow … Continue reading
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Daddy only ever dealt in cash. I never saw him write a check or use a credit card. He was always peeling off big bills—tipping extravagantly. Organized crime kept him far from cash-strapped, to say the least. So, to hear … Continue reading
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Habitat for Humanity Vietnam is about people. It’s about changing lives—about facing the fact of poverty and believing we can make a difference. For the people employed at Habitat Vietnam, for those who volunteer, those who donate and those whose … Continue reading
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In the spirit of remembering Vietnam this week, I thought it a good time to remind you about my Maltese Lucy’s having traveled the country from one end to the other–how she loved Vietnam, how Vietnam loved Lucy. In short, Lucy … Continue reading
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For me Vietnam was more about the people than the place–more about the faces than the spaces. It was both about the folks helped by the NGOs that work there and about the friendships we formed along the way. It’s because of these … Continue reading
Kathryn McCullough
Sara (Kathy's partner)
