A big shout out and a happy birthday to Lowell who celebrated her 30th a few days ago! I dragged her out of bed and made her get all gussied up (I…
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One starry starry night…
We lit a wee bonfire and lounged around its orange flames on fluffy mats, staring at the beautiful night sky as the lake gently rocked our floating house. Miles away from…
Hope Home
As Art Director and Volunteer Coordinator at ARI, I get the wonderful opportunity to work with loads of volunteers coming to us from all over the world. Each one brings with them…
Floating Village
Here are more photos from the crazy weekend at the floating houses. Introducing the wild ARI crew! 😉
Slice of Heaven
Floating houses, night kayaking, bonfires, grilled bananas, learning German lullabies and how to do grind dance moves, laughing so hard our tummies hurt and sleeping beneath the stars…this was by far a…
Favorite Things…
Hope Home is a foster home for disabled Thai children. We do bi-weekly art workshops with these sweet children using art as a means of physical therapy and self expression. Chiang Mai,…
Floating Houses
On one fine Friday afternoon, a crew of us loaded up our wee and smoking motorbikes ans hit the road to our weekend adventure at the Floating Houses. 30minutes into a 1hr+…
Favorite Things: Burmese Children
Today as I was walking home with my pack shucked full of delicious fruit (yum!), I saw one of our little Burmese girls selling flowers on the street and she ran to…
Joy
In the 3 months I’ve been here in Thailand, I’ve watched this little girl absolutely blossom. She has gone from being all clenched up and afraid to look at the world and…
Wat Pa Pao
I would like to apologize for all you waiting with baited breath for my side of the Minge Self Portrait Challenge. There is this rule of threes for all failures and successes…
Favorite Things: Front Yard Salsa
“Front yard Salsa” Art workshops that turn into impromptu salsa dancing in the front yard have got to be close to my favorit-est things ever! We all bumped into each other randomly…
Mit Meon Dek: Children’s Home
On Friday, we visited a home for children with disabilities in Chiang Mai. Our volunteers decided to do a music workshop that consisted of decorating small instruments made out of paper cups…