There was a collective hangover this morning, only partially a result of celebrating Jim and Faye’s wedding the night before. Most of us hea...

This is a 2-wedding trip; two weddings over two weeks on two islands. Paul's was last week on the south side of Upolu, and Jim's wa...

Coming over on the ferry yesterday, we rolled deep: eight members of group 81, one from 80, one from 83, plus large contingents from Paul an...

As I walked up my host family’s driveway, I could see men in the fale out back, none of whom I knew; the dog out front looked familiar, and...

At the beginning of the marathon I ran last October, I started with a volunteer pacer who was aiming for a time slower than the one I was ho...

The impetus for this trip was Paul's Wedding, which was today, and Jim's wedding, which is next weekend. Rather than writing out an...

Dan’s station wagon has been making lots of trips to Faleolo airport picking up Chris then Blakey then Paul and Bex then me, often with a da...

Samoa and I have come a long way in the last 5 years. When I walked into the Digicel store in October 2008 to buy a cell phone, I didn’t hav...