by Celia Mason, mom, dad and I sit in a circle watching intently as our teacher Man Bahadur dai patiently shows us how to weave bamboo baskets. He has been making these baskets for nearly fifty years, since his month-in-law... Continue Reading →
by Mason Leaves flutter and stalks sway. A man cuts a piece of bamboo to make a basket. In Nepal, this amazing grass has had many different uses for generations. It is still used for clothing, furniture making, and even... Continue Reading →
by Tim The world’s most iconic landscapes and ecologies are still thankfully inhabited by vernacular cultures. Humans continue to follow caribou migrations in the arctic north, or to build villages from the Amazon forest and then let them decompose entirely... Continue Reading →
Confessions of a Monkey Thief by Tim I’ve done this so many times before, but each time I get a little nervous. The food is right there on the table. It’s almost too easy. That woman, innocently eating her chatpate. Delicious chatpate.... Continue Reading →
by Shannon It’s early morning and the fog is thick, visibility no greater than 5 meters. Figures emerge out of the mist, silhouettes on bikes, women carrying jugs impossibly balanced on their heads, water buffalo heading out to the grasslands... Continue Reading →
by Shannon Walking through tall grasses in the footprints of Asian elephants, past the beds of Bengal Tigers, our guide Sushila Ji stops and cups her ears with her hands. The Langur monkey sitting atop the crown of the Cotton... Continue Reading →
by Mason Leaves fall from a tree. A Langur monkey is throwing down treats to its friend the spotted deer. The Langur live in trees and love to travel in a troop of 20-30 individuals. Their tails are longer than... Continue Reading →
by Shannon I don’t quite remember falling, but I remember landing. It was as if I felt the ground solid beneath my feet for the first time A steady sense that what was happening around me was right, resonant, congruent... Continue Reading →
As we near an end to our time in Nepal, I had the opportunity for a solo journey around much of the Annapurna Circuit trek. As a dad I have learned to pack a lot into a little... Continue Reading →
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