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Dr. Ating

Meet Dr. Ating; resident physician at Green School on the island of Bali. When he’s not patching up skinned knees this mild mannered superhero is saving the world one species at a time through the Dr. Ating Foundation. View full article »

Agro Wisata -Silk Worm Farm

Class 2B took a field trip to Agro Wisata, the local silk worm farm……

We set out from the class around 9am; followed the road down to the river, past the “holy spring” and up into the village of Sibang Kaja.

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Our Little Village

My sweet friend Kate and I took a stroll through our ‘hood snapping some photos and enjoying the day…

Here are a few shots from Desa Canggu and Desa Seseh…… View full article »

Ibu Robin

I love stories of “ordinary” people doing “extraordinary” things.   People who work tirelessly to make the world a better place. They inspire the rest of us to give a little more, try a little harder, complain a little less…..

I recently watched the film Guerrilla Midwife  http://www.guerrillamidwife.org/,  a documentary about one such person, and her name is Robin Lim.  View full article »

The Elephant in the Room

One afternoon  Arlo and I head to Ace Hardware in Kuta to buy some silly string and a terrarium planter but what to are wondering eye should appear? No, not a miniature sleigh and 8 tiny reindeer…. The “Show” ( as all good roustabouts would call it) had arrived! The circus had come to town. View full article »

LIFE View full article »

123 quiet and still is a great game on long car rides. I was always amazed when a group of kids could be quiet and still for more than two minutes but an island of 2 million for 24 hours….impossible…right? Not if you’re in Bali on the day after the dark moon of the spring equinox. The Hindu new year- Neypi- begins with a day of silence. View full article »

Super Moon

The full moon of March brought us a rare treat- this “perigee” moon was the closest and brightest since 1993.  There is great information and a video about what makes a super moon on the NASA site ( The boys found it very cool): View full article »

The pros and cons of travel with kids ages 6, 10 and 15? View full article »

Death Knocks 3 Times

Of course I realize that the world does not revolve around me and that Life and Death do not take a holiday when I do. But, there is a small part of me that wants everything back home to freeze. View full article »

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