Category Archives: general

How far is church? How far is church when you have to walk there? How far is church when everyone else rides in a car?

My city is a great ship and the water is on fire we’re in the know, oh so hip it’s always been a funeral pyre we go about our business what else can you do when every step you take … Continue reading →

I spent a slow day doing chores instead of busily pedaling around Siem Reap trying to take as many photos as possible. I got a little sunburned yesterday and that always makes me sleepy. The temples, the mopeds, the gaudy … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Gates of Nineveh: An Experiment in Blogging Assyriology:
Earlier this month UNESCO held a major conference in Paris on cultural heritage destruction in Iraq and Syria. Headlining remarks by UNESCO director Irina Bokova emphasized that there is…

When they say Angkor Wat is the world’s largest religious building there is no exaggeration. When they say it is crowded in the dry season there is no exaggeration. We drove past on our way to another part of the … Continue reading →

I was taken to breakfast by my supervisor to get a brief introduction to Siem Reap. It was what I was prepared to see: crowded, dusty, chaotic, and full of tourists. I have little interest in visiting what my supervisor … Continue reading →

Too tired to take advantage of my extended layover I spent the afternoon in the airport at Phnom Penh. The drivers quickly stopped asking me if I needed a ride to the city when I politely resisted enough times. There … Continue reading →

There is a part of my mind that is always writing something. Unfortunately, it rarely connects with the part of my mind that controls my hands. The amount of unfinished work or work that is never begun nags at me … Continue reading →

It has been almost a year since I wrote anything in this space. I am unsure if the time has been well spent. Moving across the country. Training in a new job. Getting accustomed to living in the woods. Reading. … Continue reading →