Returning to Mongolia after 4 months in KC
It’s been a nice stay in Kansas City, living first with my brother Mike, and then moving in with mom. Now I am returning to Mongolia.
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Training & Health back in Kansas City
I know I’ve talked about health before, it’s no less important every day. So, again it’s on my priority list as I settle into a new life back in KC.
Training & Health back in Kansas City Read MoreMy picture was in The Leader – NOLS East Africa
NOLS called to say they were starting a program in Tanzania (NOLS Kenya closed 10 years ago) and they wanted to use one of my pictures in The Leader publication
My picture was in The Leader – NOLS East Africa Read MoreI will miss you Grandma Pabst!
Tuesday was my grandmother’s funeral. The toughest thing about being a ‘traveler’ is that I miss weddings, births and now, deaths. I will miss Grandma Pabst.
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At what temperature do eyeballs freeze?
During a run, I wondered at what temperature do eyeballs freeze? So, I thought I would talk about the adjustments you make living in Mongolia during winter.
At what temperature do eyeballs freeze? Read MoreTaking hot food to the poor at the City Dump
Today a group of us drove to the City Dump to distribute hot food to the poor who made their living sifting through the trash. The Stupa Cafe made 500 khuushuur
Taking hot food to the poor at the City Dump Read MoreHappy New Year 2011
In Mongolia the New Year really starts on February 3rd this year (and they celebrate Tsagaan Sar, ‘White Month’) because they follow Buddhist traditions that use the lunar calendar. They …
Happy New Year 2011 Read MoreMore shopping mall Santa Claus pictures
Well, they hired some professional photographers to help take pictures of the kids with Santa Claus. So they gave me a few prints.
More shopping mall Santa Claus pictures Read MoreHow I became a shopping mall Santa – in Mongolia!!!
My friend Ariunbat asked me to be Santa Claus at the Center Tower, probably the most expensive of Ulaanbaatar’s high end shopping centers.
How I became a shopping mall Santa – in Mongolia!!! Read MoreThe Thanksgiving that DIDN’T happen
or “Why I might quit Facebook.” When I was back home in Kansas City, I never missed Thanksgiving. It had become my most favorite day of the year, even better …
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