I wrote this on New Year’s Eve

It’s a little late, but this was our New Year’s Eve: It’s New Year’s Eve in Phnom Penh. In Cambodia, there are at least three New Year celebrations – (World) New Year (Jan. 1), Chinese New Year (Feb. 14) and Khmer New Year (Apr. 14). I remember in 2006 in Battambang, we had people over [...]

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We make keys

Every time we leave the U.S. for an extended period of time, life forces Jess and I to face our ‘American-ness,’ some would call it cultural baggage. Jess recently got copies made of keys to the gate of our building, keys to the door of our apartment, keys to our balcony and keys to our [...]

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