Archive for September, 2007

I just wanted to make a quick entry here to say that the posts will be infrequent over the next few weeks. Tim and I are in Calcutta (also called Kolkata) now and are taking a few weeks off of the writing travels to do some volunteer work until Tim has to leave at the [...]

The boy pulls himself along the train’s aisle on his hands, his good leg propelling him as his limp one drags behind, his bare feet sliding silently along the vinyl floor. He uses a small broom, stiff, bristly reeds lashed together, to poke under the seats, fetching a surprising amount of dirt and trash. Old [...]