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There’s a line from a Louis Armstrong song that goes something like this:
“When you’re showerin’
Oh, when you’re showerin’
The whole room showers with you”
Okay, so I may have taken some artistic liberties with the exact wording. Anyhow, in Indonesia the bathrooms are more like “wet rooms”. That’s especially true since we’ve installed a shower [...]

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To the migratory bird,
whose never-ending flight
has been postponed
by an unforeseen tempest,
I say, “Fear not,
for your travels are not yet finished.”
To the mighty oak,
whose trustworthy branches
have been struck
by a simple bolt of fate,
I say, “Fear not,
for you have strength yet to be realized.”
To the seeker,
who inspired me,
but has found
what he did not seek,
I say, “Inhale deeply,
for [...]

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We’ve got a lot of traveling planned in the next few months.
Next week we’ll head to Kalimantan (aka Borneo) to take a multi-day journey up the river on a boat, into the heart of the jungle!  Hopefully we’ll see crocodiles, orangutans, gibbons, and perhaps even clouded leopards.  We also hope to see some of the [...]

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