More Recess

More Recess

Total up the number of conferences you’ve attended, divide by the number of panelists you’ve listened to and what do you remember? Out of the swirl of comment, the ebb and flow of panelist debate, what sticks to the palette and nourishes the brain? Not much beyond the...
Hole Doing Fine

Hole Doing Fine

I met a pair of Peace Corps volunteers at a bar in Bangkok in 1992.  They were leaving Thailand and I had just arrived—my first visit to Thailand.  So, they gave me a briefing on what to expect in Thailand. We discussed many things: respect for the King, the monks and...