So I've had a nice break from traveling but I'm starting to get antsy again... some new trips were scheduled just in time! I'm off to Turkey April 1 - April 9, then to Ethiopia and Malawi April 24 - May 9. I'll keep you posted (no pun intended!)
Read More......I wasn't doing the best job keeping family and friends updated about my travels, much less keeping track of them myself. So I created this blog to store and share pictures, thoughts and stories from each trip. Enjoy!
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Joshua and me
In Israel, summer 2009
About Me
- Location: Clarkston, GA
- Birthday: Oct 27, 1979
- Schools: Wake Forest University (B.A. Eng Lit); University of Edinburgh (M.S. Int'l Affairs)
- Occupation: Int'l Development, CARE (hence the frequent travels)
International Literature
- The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
- The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
- Half the Sky by Kristof
- Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
- Mountains beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
- The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
- Sardines by Nuruddin Farah
- The Beautiful Things Are Not Yet Born by Armah
- Silence by Endo Shusako
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
- So Long a Letter by Miriama Ba
- Minaret by Leila Aboulela
- The Palace Walk Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
- Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
- A Suitable Boy; Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Seth
- Kite Runner; A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
Music I Travel With
- A Fine Frenzy
- Benedictine Monks' Gregorian chants
- Emmanuel Jal
- Horse Feathers
- Iron & Wine
- Joe Pug
- Josh Ritter
- K'Naan
- Keren Ann
- Marta Gomez
- Mor Karbasi
- Pacifika
- Paolo Nutini
- Priscilla Ahn
- Ray LaMontagne
- Rosie Thomas
- The National
International Film
- Babel
- Baran
- Children of Heaven
- City of God
- God Grew Tired of Us
- Osama
- Paradise Now
- Sin Nombre
- The Band's Visit
- The Boys of Baraka
- The Class
- The Constant Gardener
- Volver
- Waltz with Bashir
- Water
"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine
"The journey, not the arrival, is what matters." -- T. S. Eliot
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might be better off staying at home." -- James Michener
"The journey, not the arrival, is what matters." -- T. S. Eliot
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might be better off staying at home." -- James Michener