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India

...The next day Krishna was at my Hotel, waiting for me. I went to his house and met his extended family. After I finished saying “Namaste” (hello and goodbye in Hindi – Namaste means “I bow to the god within you”) to all his family members, I went on the roof with Krishna. He had loads of kites, and he taught me how to fly them. All the kids in the neighborhood were out flying their kites, practicing for the big kite festival, that was on January 14th (one month from then). Krishna showed me how “cut” other peoples kites. You made your kite-string rub against the other persons string; the person who broke the other persons string won....

2015 Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition

A story Angela wrote in India "Garlic Naan for Hanuman" has won 3rd place in the 2015 Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition. With any luck, the essay will be published soon (and, when it is, you’ll be the first to know).

“…On the horizon, Bella noticed a small pack of langurs bounding down the street toward our restaurant. She jumped up from our table and ran toward the edge of the rooftop to get a better view. This also gave the monkeys a better view of the garlic naan she was holding in her hand. The leader of the troop took a few giant leaps and, seconds later, Bella’s naan was in his mouth, and his entire troop of cronies was dining with us…”

Homeschool Corner

...Lamb rogan josh was by far my favorite dish in India. A chef at the famous Lake Palace in Udaipur ran a delivery kitchen near our home, and we had dinner brought to us via motorcycle at least once per week. The food was exquisite, and the flavors were more intense than anything I had ever eaten before. The most outrageously spicy dish was lamb rogan josh. It was crunchy with whole cloves, anise, and cardamom—you either had to pick them out, or just go for it and chew them whole, overindulging in the precious flavors of the orient. The heat of the chilies made the dish almost unbearable—the kids couldn’t hack it—but I learned something shameful about myself: I am a culinary masochist...

Cumin Seed Rice

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"Hamams and Sacrificial Altars”

SLAB, Fall 2016

"Which God Is Ours"

Summer 2016 Colere

"The Mysterious Crotch-Grabbing Handshake: Hard Lessons in Vietnam" 2015 Literal Latte Essay Award

"Halloween in Bulgaria"

2015 Travelers' Tales Solas Awards

"Thanksgiving on the Bosphorus"

Santa Fe Writers Project, February 2016:

"Garlic Naan for Hanuman"

Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition 2015:

"Escaping the Swine Flu, Nearly"

Halfway Down the Stairs, December 2015:

"Farewell to the Highlands"

Your Life Is A Trip, October 2015:

"Homeward Bound"

Your Life Is A Trip, May 2015:

The Big Field Trip

"Escaping the Great Mosque of Uqba" World Press Review, April 2015:

"Homeschooling on the Road"

International Living, August 2014:

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Front-page feature story

Santa Fe New Mexican, March 2015:

"Which God Is Ours?"

2015 Travelers' Tales Solas Award and

published in Asia Literary Review, Spring 2015:

"The Scorpion Whisperer"

Eventus Magazine, June 2014:

The Big Field Trip

What do you get when two blissfully-ignorant lovebirds get the harebrained idea to schlep three children,

five backpacks, a guitar, and a garlic press on a two-year journey around the world?

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