Today was a pretty event filled uneventful day.
I thought that I would narrate it for you and give you a little photo tour.
At 6 am I got up. I went to the kitchen and helped Tamdin make chapatis for breakfast. My chapatis are never round, they are either oblong or square.
I met Jane [...]

You know its a different world when the new TOS for Facebook makes the 11 o’clock news.
It seems that the new terms of service for Facebook is revisiting a smorgasbord of questions that have been brought up time and time again. But in a changing media world is it possibly time to rethink more [...]

Tonight here in the NW Burbs of Chicago the sky is pretty clear. I can see the stars. But, I looked up and saw Orion’s belt with the sword hanging. I couldn’t help but have a memory… a flashback of sorts.
I thought back to Nepal recently and my time at IBA [...]

 Well, the five flights that it took to get back to Chicago have landed and I am again in my home sweet home. Though I must say I don’t know if that is here or there lately.
All I can say for now is that Chicago is REALLY cold this time of year, I am [...]

Tonight at a hotel in Kathmandu I will be starting up the Obamathon here in Nepal.
First thing, 8 pm tonight, Hotel Shankar, Live TV Feeds (assuming they DO have a generator), Momos, a cocktail or two… AND, don’t forget the DJ!
Then tomorrow in the morning, The American Embassy club is throwing a bash. [...]

I have about 4 days of shoots and photos to process, audio to edit, etc. But for now I thought that I would pop up this photo just to show you all why it is that I love my life so much these days!
I may live with 30 monks, but I am still [...]

Lately I have been talking a lot about the ‘dakinis‘. I am not sure what it is, but lately the word seems to creep up in all of the books that I read (or listen to). I hear it in conversations. I see images of them hanging up in the shops around [...]

Ahhh, so for those of you that know me, you know that in my life it goes like this: René looks for sign, can’t find it, falls in hole, breaks leg, and then while screaming out to the gods, “why me?”, looks up to see sign.
Yes the dakinis are certainly at it again. [...]

Well the internet gods have certainly rained on my parade. Forgive the mess around here as I recreate my website and blog….

And, keep your fingers crossed that I can salvage all the lost info.

Backups? We never think we need them until all is lost! I have them… In Chicago… A lot [...]

Well yesterday was a fateful day in Kathmandu for me. I had been riding in a Taxi with my new partner in crime Allison, who had arrived just hours earlier to Kathmandu. The road was blocked with a steel pipe of some sort and we decided to walk the rest of our way to [...]