Winds of the Himalaya -Part 15a

Out of the Mouths of Babes Abbie warming up by the kitchen stove. Ilam tea gardens At 11:45 pm on December 16 a team of teens, young adults, a couple of older ladies, and five-year-old Abbie boarded a flight out of Kenai, Alaska for the first leg of our journey to the tiny Himalayan kingdomContinue reading “Winds of the Himalaya -Part 15a”

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Butter Tea with a Monk

It was a chilly Himalayan morning in Tatopani, a Himalayan village in northern Nepal on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region. It was also one of the most meaningful days of my life. The humidity in the mountains drove the cold straight to the bone. Decked out in my trekking gear I sat withContinue reading “Butter Tea with a Monk”

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