by Megan Durham | Oct 20, 2010
Adjusting back to the real world after City Year is surprisingly difficult. It’s not that I have a problem with Seattle (it’s beautiful and there are always tons of things going on) but I’m suffering from something I haven’t had to worry about for a while: a lack of...
by Megan Durham | Sep 13, 2010
Imagine, that you’re in central Siberia near the Stony Tunguska river a little over a hundred years ago. You’re hanging out at a small trading post when all of a sudden the northern sky splits into two and catches fire. You are thrown to the ground as an explosion...
by Megan Durham | Aug 26, 2010
One of the benefits of living in the Northwest is that water isn’t a hoarded resource. Thus plants are more likely to waste energy and water on something like fruit, giving us wild foods that you can readily eat, like the Himalayan Blackberry. Now, the Himalayan...
by Megan Durham | Aug 21, 2010
So the founder’s day festival ended up being a bit of a bust. There weren’t that many vendors there, and the music, while good, wasn’t really suited to the open air type style of a street fair. But all of that would have been just fine if there had been more people. I...
by Megan Durham | Aug 12, 2010
I finally have a job! Deciding to stay in Seattle was a bit of a risk, I’ll admit it, but just how much of a risk it was didn’t really resonate with me until I had to empty my savings out in order to pay for the deposit on my new place, the lease having been up at the...
by Megan Durham | Aug 12, 2010
According to legend every year the naga of the Mekong River honors the anniversary of the return of the Buddha from the heavens by sending balls of fire skyward. These glowing red orbs rise from the river in majestic silence, accompanied by much celebration on the...
