Happy Valentine's Day! Ladies, I know this will be a disappointment for you but I have a new lady in my life. She came into my life a few weeks ago in South Africa. Her name is Mallory–Flat Mallory. Flat Mallory is modeled after the Flat Stanley Project. The project is the extension of the [...]
Hello all, your friendly neighborhood Web Master Michael Baird here…
I received an email this morning from Mr. Singh (that's Sam if you are nasty*).
He asked me to let everyone know that things are going great and he apologizes for his lack of posts this last week. He was on safari and I guess you can't bounce [...]
Dear Gentle Reader:
A week ago, I dropped my computer and now it refuses to recognize the hard drive. I am hoping that I will be able to get it fixed next week when I go to Cape Town, South Africa. At the moment, I am in Lesotho and the computers at the internet café are [...]
Dear Gentle Readers,
I hope that you and your families had a safe New Years and great holiday season. I am back in the saddle again. I took some time off from the blog to enjoy the holidays. In due time, you will find out more on how I celebrated Christmas and the New Years but [...]
Celebrating International Volunteer Day
I caught up with one of my nonprofit colleagues while I was in Singapore. I met Jason Wee at the International Association of Voluntary Effort conference in Panama this past April. Jason works on nonprofit engagement at the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre so you can imagine why we hit it off. [...]
My Father’s VillagePictured: Me hanging out at the village with the next generation.
One day my father and I made a day trip to my father's village to visit his side of the family. I had not been back to the village since the passing of my Dada (grandfather) over a decade ago. The village has [...]
Dear Gentle Readers:
I had a couple of readers ask what were the thoughts of Indians regarding the recent election. I would say from my interactions, Indians by far supported and appreciated the election results from Tuesday night. At the same time, many people have a wait and see attitude. Issues such as the recently signed [...]
Dear Gentle Readers,
I have run into some internet problems in India and will not be able to start my posts on Everest Base Camp until tomorrow. Be blogging at you soon. Sam
Well howdy hi neighbors!
This is your intrepid webmaster, Michael Baird, filling in for our boy Sam has he huffs and puffs up to the Everest base camp. I am ever so honored to be the first “guest blogger” on this fine site as I try to keep the keyboard warm for Sam until he [...]
I have mentioned, in this
blog, how I came up with my plan to travel around the world in August
of 2004. My friend, Patrick Krips, and I were on the Greek Island of
Ios and over breakfast, we decided that we should make the commitment
to pursue this journey. The next day Patrick and I hopped a ferry [...]
