https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKpHvL2opRs&t=64s&spfreload=10 35-minute presentation about elections, English and democracy in a presentation about her summer housesitting in Vietnam, China and Mongolia. #OpenCircle #Ajijic, Mexico November 2016 Read more »
Helping Syrian Refugees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1C9yMfGMGc&t=32s 30-min presentation at #OpenCircle in #Ajijic, Mexico, about the #SyrianRefugee Crisis and ways we can help. April 2016 Read more »
Ways to HELP Syrian Refugees
12 million Syrians – half of Syria’s population from a country about the size of North Dakota – have fled their homes since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. That’s more than the 10 million people who live in Los Angeles County. Almost 70% of these refugees are women and children, according […] Read more »
ARGONAUT NEWS: Finding Jesse
A mother searches for her homeless son on Venice Beach http://argonautnews.com/living-large-in-limbo-finding-jesse/ “Just pay attention to homeless people,” my high school friend Shelly messaged via Facebook when she saw my post from the Venice boardwalk. She sent a photo of her son: a scruffy, huggable-looking guy who suffers from mental illness and has disappeared — again. […] Read more »
MALAYSIA: Close Encounters of the Cultural Kind
Kuala Lumpur — I went out exploring KL’s Chinatown, Central Market, Kasturi Walk, Merdeka Square and Central Market yesterday….and found does generic viagra work more than sites or sights. Encounter #1: The Historian Fahad, the winsome manager at the Panggung Bandaraya Theatre, where “Mud,” Malaysia’s longest running musical is being performed. While I gratefully sat […] Read more »