A Ceilidh in Edinburgh (and Ceilidh means Generosity)
Well, it doesn’t actually. Here’s Anne’s explanation: The thing about the word ‘ceilidh’ is that it’s in the process of evolution. It’s Gaelic, and means a getting together, usually for an evening, to dance and sing and tell stories, say poetry, play instruments, anything anyone wants to do really. But over recent years it’s being […]
Lauren Stichter and Her Bag Full of Tricks
Lauren is our newest volunteer. She’s an art teacher from Philadelphia where she works in a school for deaf kids, some of whom have other learning difficulties as well. She’s fluent in sign language, which automatically makes her a fascinating character to us, AND she’s an artist in her own right. (You can check out […]
Bridget Clay
If you think Bridget looks golden, a little sparkly and shining, you’re right. It’s new love (his name is Sarfraz) and it makes her bewitching and delightful to all of us older, more experienced types whose loves are more measured but no less deep. It also makes her just a little hard to get on […]
Shelley Hubele, Writer in Residence
Shelley Hubele has been working with us as a consultant writer for the past three months. She is a friend of Cathleen’s from Boston College where she majored in Theology and Creative Writing. After graduating this past summer, she decided to take a year off before doing a Master’s degree, and that gave her the […]
How Memory Works: Duke Duchscherer and Carin Duchscherer
Memory is a fluid, mysterious thing and often what we think we remember may be incomplete, in error or totally backwards. Sometimes a piece of important information can be left out of the story and when – by luck or design or happy discovery – it surfaces, it can be an occasion of wonder and […]
A Blessing from Anne Bruce
I caught this moment at the farewell party – Anne saying goodbye to Chhoti Manju in such a lovely, ashirwad sort of a way: it seems to me to sum up what her time here with us was like. Anne, age 65, brought not only her professional expertise as a speech therapist – she also […]
Katie Renner: One of Our Illustrious Volunteers
This is Katie, one of the Dream Team who came to Dehradun last year to volunteer (the other two were Noorie and Aileen, both designers and the ones responsible for our amazing annual report and various other marvelous projects). Technically, Katie worked at PSI, but she also spent time in our projects and, since she […]