The Vernon Journal

I know it’s been a while since we posted some pictures, we’ve been having problems with our Olympus camera and one out of every three or four pictures we take is ruined. This, of course, has really frustrated us and so we have been relying heavily on our phones for day to day pictures. The [...]

Some time ago I wrote about my Akha wife and how proud I am of her. Although she is my wife, she is not really Akha. Today I am writing about my Akha mother and how much fun we have been having with her these last few days. Although she is Akha, she is not [...]

One of the favorite jokes in the village is my age. Sometimes it’s me joking aroung saying that I’m getting old because the Akha kids run circles around me, sometimes it’s my Akha friends who say that since I don’t have black hair I’m obviously one of the tsaw maw (the best translation we have [...]

The reason we haven’t been updating The Vernon Shutter recently is because we’ve had troubles with our Olympus Camedia C-60 camera these past few months. For a while we had Card Error messages popping up, then our pictures would only show up halfway, now the camera says it can only take one picture (on an [...]

We’ve just returned from several great weeks in the village! It seems like every trip to the village yields some great stories and this trip was no exception to the rule. As you may know, it is currently rainy season in Thailand. It rains almost everyday for at least an hour or two, but sometimes [...]