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Disillusionment, Finding Peace and Learning More

Over the past three months I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. Part of this has been due to enrolling in a class in which I’m training to be a CNA and part of this has been because every time … Continue reading

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Activism Works! Amnesty International Write-a-Thon!

I have been campaigning for Burma for so long it seems as if nothing will happen often. It’s easy to think I’m not doing anything if I’m not there physically on the front lines. What can a writer do? I’ll … Continue reading

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s Release

This is the sort of thing I woke up to this morning. I hope it is good. I hope it means the beginning of the end to all the bad stuff that has been happening in Burma for so long … Continue reading

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What I Learned in Thailand

I spent two months in Thailand at the beginning of this year. The second month of that was in Chiang Rai at the very top of Thailand. Chiang Rai shares a border with Burma and Laos. I wish I had … Continue reading

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Activism is my Middle Name

One thing that you don’t know about me is that I have been an activist since I was a wee little one (ok not THAT wee I actually was 15 and I weighed more than I do now). So let’s … Continue reading

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