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January in Rainy City
Me, Veeka, Susan and my mother before our Christmas lunch. It is still raining endlessly here in Seattle, but at least we’re not getting buried by mudslides like parts of California! Speaking of the...
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Another month, another contest won
In this photo taken by my brother, I’m speaking at Chaparral Books in downtown Portland. Interested onlookers included one dog. Lots has happened recently with the best being my winning another...
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Visit to Iceland (finally)
The lovely AirBNB near Hallgrimskirkja Yes, almost two months have passed since I went to Iceland. Did you know that Icelandair names its fleet of planes after its many volcanoes? The one I took into...
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Sunshine Coast and my weird summer
The summer of 2018 has been probably the most unusual one in my life. It started out well. I’d wanted to travel Canada’s Sunshine Coast, which is the area north of Vancouver. We planned to end up on...
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A golden fall and hiking Mt. Rainier
The walkway to the main building at Malibu. My Nootka 3 cabin was on the middle floor overlooking the water. The winter rains have begun here after a truly golden fall. When my family first moved to...
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Drippy January
Veeka on one of the wooden boats on South Lake Union on a Sunday afternoon. It’s truly a drippy January here, but one thing brightening up my week was my piece for Religion News Service (that just came...
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Off to Mongolia
In the dead of winter: Yanjmaa Jutmaan and husband Khudree Agvaanluvsan. In the 5 months since I last wrote, there’s been a sea change in my household; I’ve published a lot of articles and I’m heading...
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The capital of cashmere
I’m discovering there’s quite the lively art scene in Ulaanbaatar. A lot has nomad and landscape themes but this painting, representing the great Mongol queens, reaches back to the 13th century. I will...
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Celebrating Nadaam
Without that glove on my right hand, that nice bird would have clawed me quite severely. Before I get into this past week’s Nadaam festivities, I want to describe a day trip we took on this my second...
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Mongolia part 3 and what happened next
The winter palace of the Bogd Khan looks most impressive from the outside. A typical Mongolian feast with tea, fermented mare’s milk and a whole tray of sheep parts. It’s been three months since I...
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