As We Speak

(Actually as you read…) The book is uploading… being sent to the printer RIGHT NOW! Aak! If ever I deserved a freak out moment, this might be it. I have combed and scoured, looked and re-looked, had it checked and rechecked. I think it…

Final Dates

I am truly beside myself. I keep telling people that completing this book feels like I am standing outdoors naked (in this weather). I am overwhelmed by the support and positive response I’ve had to this project. It is unnerving… no, terrifying to think…

It’s In the Book

The word has gone out. I have let a bunch of people know that my book is ready. (And that’s the scariest thing I have done this week.) So this website is being over run by the book, book, book at the moment. No worries, my…

The Slow Reveal

Obviously it can’t be too slow, since I told you two days ago that we’re down to less than 10 days (eeks)! I spent a full day cussing at Word Press to remake my photography website and now I have a page or two that will…

A Book by Any Other Name

Once I had 30,000 words down, a title came to me. It jumped into my head, curled up in my lap and smiled at me like a big-pawed puppy. I liked it. It sounded big but not too big. Nothing to compete with Krakauer…

Last Thorns

I can actually feel the last days of this 9-month-long project ticking down. It’s refreshing and necessary and kind of sad. I can see the finish line, I just need to reach and claw a bit longer to get across it. Here is my…

Time to Go Live?

I redid the website 2 days ago. I have been futzing with it. It might be ready – poke around and see. Let me know if it’s broken anywhere. In the mean time, check out the info on my book!

Hey, Look Over There!

Just a note that a few things have moved. My HimalSong blog is now on the left of this page, as well as in its home on Blogspot. Almost everything else has its own button or pretty picture to click on. Spend a minute,…

A New Outlook

Things are looking a bit more beautiful (or at least dusted off) around here. Word Press is my new buddy, and this is website number 4 that I have dipped in the lovely interface in the past year.  So now we look all pretty…

Unfinished Business

Once I was back home, I spent days and long hours in the thick of madly writing out detailed descriptions of the places I’d just been before they vanished from my memory. Through this process, I couldn’t help but keep wanting to “go back…