The Vernon Journal

I think the nesting bug has set in, as we have been frantically scraping, spraying, scrubbing and situating our home in Chiang Rai. Things that we were previously oblivious too are now glaring testimonies of how much life will have to change when we have a child. OK, so we’re really not that panicked, but [...]

We have been spending some wonderful time with Jan and Gary as they have come out to visit. Because the Akha New Rice Festival season is around the corner we have been doing the tourist things this week and will spend all of next week going to festivals in villages. You may have noticed our [...]

Please hold the nation of Thailand in your prayers :: Last night Thailand underwent a Military coup. Everything has been peaceful thus far, but no one knows how this will turn out. The action is really centered in Bangkok so we’re just digging in and watching the news for the outcome of this event. All [...]

Lately I’ve been on a photo kick; something in me is just yearning to be creative! So, despite our less than cooperative camera, I’ve been snapping pictures more often than usual. A couple weeks ago, everything in the village just seemed especially beautiful, so I set out to capture all the little things that I [...]

As a kid I remember eating fried rice from the Chinese restaurant in the food court at the local mall. I loved it, but it always baffled me. How they actually accomplished the “frying” of the rice, I could never figure out. Eventually, I concluded that it must be done in the same way that [...]