Looking back while headed forward
The heat smacked us in the face and pressed on our backs as we labored over uneven sidewalks and dodged motorbikes seeking a shortcut around traffic-jammed intersections. Horns honked everywhere […]
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My linguistic faux pas-es
A few months into our living and learning experience in Cambodia, fresh from a Khmer language class and full of positive energy, I approached a woman holding an ill baby […]
» Read moreCookin’ with gas in the Penh
While popping a batch of popcorn for a lunchtime snack and with a dinner party at our home only hours away, I make the startling discovery that we were really, […]
» Read moreHealth care as it oughta be (as my dad would have said)
I was awakened around 2 on a Sunday morning by a now-familiar sensation: a stabbing pain in my left elbow, radiating toward my wrist. This is no way to start […]
» Read moreNew home for The Meanderthals!
Dear subscribers, readers and interested meanderthal fans… Since Posterous is shutting down in a few days we have relocated our blog to a new address at www.themeanderthals.com. Please note the change of address so you can continue to follow our…
» Read moreI am I Said
The first time I went to Australia was in July 1966 to meet my father’s family. Last Thursday I came back for the second time – to rediscover the family I had lost touch with for 47 years. And to meet relatives I didn’t know existed. It was the cu…
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