Author name: Doug Nienhuis

Saturday, December 5, 2015 I just hung up the phone after a 51-minute Skype chat with my brother back in […]

Friday, December 4, 2015 It appears I may have opened the floodgates. I got a message from someone else on

Thursday, December 3, 2015­­ I’ve written a lot and thought a lot in recent days about cross-cultural communication problems, and

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 I have to concentrate really hard to think back to what happened yesterday. I’m not sure

Tuesday, December 1, 2015 I was a bit tired and irritable yesterday. I keep saying that the noise here doesn’t

Monday, November 30, 2015 Rain? Yes. Traffic noise? Yep. Hot cup of coffee by my side? Of course. Feeling good?

Sunday, November 29, 2015 As far as the weather goes, I’m a bit of a broken record. It’s 8:30 in

 Saturday, November 28, 2015 Things have taken a small turn for the worse in the last 24 hours. Something I

Thursday, November 26, 2015 I had some newish experiences yesterday on top of some familiar ones. The familiar ones came

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 It’s another rainy morning. I don’t understand exactly why, but when it rains, my room can