I’m blogging from my past home and one of the most beautiful places on Earth, Boulder, Colorado. I lived and worked here in 2008-09. I decided to return here before going back to my home-home in the North East to catch up with friends and visit my brother, sis-in-law and niece who reside nearby in [...]

I’m still not feeling fully myself, so packing today was a bit of a burden. I’d throw some things into the suitcase and then have to lay down to rest. This continued the whole time packing! I asked my friend if he would accompany me to the mall today because I had my eye on [...]

Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and kind words. I haven’t been able to respond or write a post because I’ve been very sick. I don’t know with what or why; I went to bed one day feeling fine and woke up the next morning unable to lift my head. I literally didn’t move from [...]

India: decisions at one month in. I’ve been thinking a lot lately. India hasn’t been what I expected it to be. Most days I find myself unhappy and questioning why I stay here. One reason I keep pushing forward is pride; I planned to stay for a certain amount of time and I want to [...]

Today was my first day experiencing “domestic help”. My landlord (who lives across the street) sent her weekly gardener over to my home and told him to trim, pull weeds, and generally spiff things up. With all this rain in Bangalore lately, the plants surrounding my home and porch have been growing like crazy.I hardly [...]

I think you all know by now I’m due to start teaching English (I was assigned 7th grade) at a nearby government school here. Well, last week was supposed to be our first week of classes, but was canceled due to not having enough volunteers. So I counted down the days until tomorrow, our new [...]

I went for a walk in the neighborhood yesterday and as fate would have it, ran into one of the girls I met at last weeks teacher orientation. She is a mom of two originally from Kazakhstan but exactly my age! She’s blonde, blue-eyed and a tiny little thing with an adorable Russian accent. She [...]

Today I was supposed to go along with my neighbor to a church she teaches yoga to mentally handicapped children at. She rang my doorbell last night knowing I was on my own for some time, and invited me to come along to cure my boredom and give me some new experiences. Of course I [...]

I awoke this morning to an email from MIM with two videos featuring Aamir Khan and India’s travel slogan Incredible India. If MIM was looking to bring a smile to my face and a first morning laugh with these, it sure worked! Watch the videos here and you will get a glimpse of what India’s [...]

Check out this blog for some well written information on India. Wow wow wow. I tip my hat to this blogger. See what you think.