well i've just returned from my trip to the west indies to negotiate trade with them - you know, just some of their native crap: musical instruments and some of their local arts and crafts and junk. usually that stuff makes good money back here but lately people would rather spend their good money on heat & electricity.
after catching the largest fish and the worst flu in Nepal last spring, i came home stuffed and found a notice from the Nobel peace foundation that I had been nominated and won the prize during my stay in Nepal. That was what led to my sudden absence here, online, and there, in life, because naturally, I had to flee to the we