I wanted to start a blog in order to tell stories about living in Nepal. Photos are great and emails are nice but I thought I could put stories and pictures together here and not feel bad about spamming email inboxes. When I look at my pitiful few entries, they're mostly about festivals here. Festivals are great and a really important part of life here but as I read about them and look through my photos, I realize that I've done a great job of creating an "other" for people who don't live here. I've had some interesting discussions lately with a few of my friends about the way that we portray our lives here to people who aren't with us. I've run into a few excellent blogs from people who either talk about this idea (and many other really cool ideas) or who do a great job of writing about development work or time abroad. I've also found a few blogs that make me really sad because of the way that they inaccurately describe a culture or portray a country without any real idea of what's going on and why. Until I feel like I can do a better job of this, I think I'll keep my mouth closed (or my fingers still, I suppose.) Before I completely stop, I'll just say that I've finished (very basic) language study and am now working full time on the food security project. So far I really enjoy the work and am hoping that someday the learning curve feels a little less steep.
I'm still posting photos here and gladly respond to emails at claire audrey (at) gmail dot com.
I'm still posting photos here and gladly respond to emails at claire audrey (at) gmail dot com.