I’m trying out a new things for the portfolio section of my site. The good thing about the ever changeable web is that its well…. readily changeable!
You can check out the most recent web endeavor of a portfolio here.
Expect it though to undergo quite a few changes over the next few [...]

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 [...]

I always love when Daniel hooks me up with the inside information on something. He is great at showing me the hidden gems on the web that I wouldn’t have found. Honestly if it weren’t for him and Dr. Barb I would be clueless.
I just downloaded Ubiquity after watching this video [...]

 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. [...]

Sometimes our minds allow us to feel insecure. We feel insignificant based upon the actions and the inferred feelings of others. Maybe we feel a bit jealous or as if we are not living up to others’ expectations of us. We feel disappointing and disappointed.
Today was one of the first days [...]

Well, I officially have booked my trip home. Hello 2009, homeward bound to Chicago, and tootles for now to Nepal.
I haven’t even packed or thought of packing. I will be leaving here on Jan. 22, which in some ways seems miles away and in other ways seems like tomorrow.
I thought that I would [...]