Microtel Inn - Allentown

i am looking out my window. my boss crosses the street to the gas station and i hope his cigarette does not ignite and his body go up in flames. i prepare my mind for a quick response as he gets nearer and nearer to the leaking, putrid pumps and smoke plumes in the already poisoned air and his poisoned lungs.


the flame wouldn't start slowly; it wouldn't catch on one corner of his blue ...

... good it felt to have a creative outlet. Our job gets so routine, and hotel rooms provide such little stimulation, that our creativity muscle gets kinda atrophied at times. This afternoon at "Poke-A-Nose" Pottery was a refreshing chance of pace.

And, we came out with some custom Christmas gifts :) (We won't say for who)

... in Africa. She told us that she and her husband, in their 30's, once said they wanted to do medical missions. He was a dentist and she was a nurse. However, they were discouraged when someone told them they were too old. A sad thing for them to hear, but God used their passion for ministry and made them into great supporters of others' work thorugh money and prayer.

Grandma had told me that we'd ...

So here we go again, getting ready for another bicycle tour except this time its going to be with two of my friends from back home, steve and brett. Hannah unfortunatly can't go because of that thing they call college. Steve and Brett have never been on a tour before so this is going to be a completely new experience for them. For me too, because i have never been on a tour in a different country. Right now we aren ...

... was planning a 7:30 show.

But no worries, we just tidied up a few things, and were ready on time. It was actually a blessing, because that meant that we could leave that school a half-hour earlier than we thought and have a comfortable time buffer to travel an hour to our next school that day. Perfect.

We regretted having to leave that school in such a hurry ...

... br>Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Sumatra
Java
Sarawak (Southern Borneo)
Sulawesi (Island in Indonesia)
Brunei
Sabah (Northern Borneo)
Macau
Hong Kong
Honduras (Caribbean Coast)
El Salvador (Islands in the Gulf of Fonseca on Pacific Coast)
Nicaragua
Guatemala (Highlands)

I hope you enjoyed reading about my first ten days in Central America and I hope you enjoy the rest of the trip even more after the 31st!

... 8221; emergency), including the doll collection and stopping for a while at the 94 room dollhouse. Afterwards we went to ride a “real” train, which was the highlight of our son’s day.

Afterwards we had a pizza at Alfonsos 202 which gave us 10% when showing them our Northlandz receipt.

The building is handicapped accessible and you are allowed to bring in food and drink with you while you walk through the amazing scenery.

This was the first warm day of the year, since I'm laid off I decided to take advantage of it. When I decided to go out the sun was coming out, by the time I got on the river there was a light rain. I paddled up the Lehigh starting at the Allentown Canal park, went around Adam's Island. I almost made it to the Rt 22 bridge, but ...

... us is wearing a full plaid suit, scarf and hat with a long gray beard to "match" and I consider offering him my new shirt which would have matched his outfit amazingly. I decide this would be rude and focus on what I need to do to leave the country in a few hours. Go over my taxes with my Father, roll around on the kitchen floor with Buddy one last time, and finish packing just in the nick of time after spending entirely too ...

... again why I travel, it is not to amass new experiences or cool photos like a stamp collector but to form deep connections to people and places all around the world. And that is exactly what our new friends made possible. I reflect too on the generosity of so many friends who were taking the Buddhist teachings we took with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. Finding ourselves unexpectedly in advanced teachings necessitated a crash course in everything we might have ...