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| 26th August 2009 nina | .. - From: My First Blind Date nice story |
| 19th August 2009 Ian "Return of the Mac" Kibbe | Way to go! - From: First player to sign a professional contract, Dovydas signs with the Pirates!! Hey man, this is so cool. You should be super proud for your part. Way to go! |
| 18th August 2009 Vilius | email did not work - From: Hibberdene, South Africa: a snapshot Hi Richard, I got you comment. you can find out more at www.thanda.org/afterschool including an email address and phone number for them. I am now in Lithuania, I have moved on but it is indeed a solid organization you should connect with. Best of luck, Will |
| 22nd July 2009 haley | sweet! - From: Holland: Vlissingen & Middleburg omgness you wre in holland for the queens day? but that was effin fun! i love middlburg and vlissengen. rode a bike all thru there. bet you had a kick ass time. |
| 19th June 2009 Richard Ahlschlager | Interested - From: Hibberdene, South Africa: a snapshot Hi Will, I have recently built a house in Hibberdene and would like to know more about your program at Thanda. regards Richard |
| 13th May 2009 Travis | - From: Return to blogging/Foreign Affairs for Lithuania Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates!! That's my town baby! Sounds like you're doing some great stuff man. That's awesome-mundo! TW |
| 24th February 2009 Martha K | Greetings from Thunder Mountain! - From: Return of the Blog Will! Got to looking at your blog today after talking about you to my officemate. She is thinking about traveling around Lithuania this summer (has a Lith. S.O. which may bring her to those parts). Saw your folks on Saturday and they said you are heading soon to Germany to see your new God-daughter! Nice. I am sure you will fall in love given the pics and video I have seen. Best to those folks there. Art and I did some work in the garden this weekend - it will be spring here before long. The projects around your homestead are coming along - it is looking good. Your mom was working hard on getting organized and I was able to catch the first half of the Davidson bball game with your Dad which was fun. All is well here and we will look forward to seeing you in September. Martha |
| 19th February 2009 harry tyler | - From: Guy Fawkes Night that party was so cool |
| 8th November 2008 Vilius | your comment! - From: The worst food in Lithuania Your comment has arrived!! Check it on my blog. :) and by the way, kaunas pizza hut is soooo much worse than American Pizza Hut. AND there are lots of great pizza restaurants in the US. Come visit and I'll treat you to an American Pizza! :) |
| 7th November 2008 Lina | where is my comment? - From: The worst food in Lithuania what happent with my comment? |
| 7th November 2008 Lina | hell no!! - From: The worst food in Lithuania Pizza Hut in America is worest pizza I have ever tried. Is crakers with chees and marinara souse ... And by the way what is "american pizza"????? tell me please??? I bet you mean Italian pizza... well wecan disgust that! |
| 22nd October 2008 Caro | Wonderful entry! - From: Baseball at Thanda These are the stories that print a smile in my face whenever I read this blog. Thanks to all the people involved in supporting children's development through sports! Thanks Will for sharing it through images and stories! |
| 17th October 2008 Macola | - From: It's that time again! visiting schools in search of baseball players. Well probably you met Karolis. But i din't kick him out and he didn'tsay "eik nx" tu me. Maybe it was Mantas or Algis cuz i haven't bben in practice at all |
| 9th October 2008 Travis | - From: Snapshots of Thanda that face was just my excitement for the Cepeliniai (which I still haven't tried to make on my own) |
| 9th October 2008 TW | - From: Picking Mushrooms TRAIPSING!!!!!! |
| 3rd October 2008 Travis | Check you pictures - From: Police encounters, Minimalls and baseball bats You should have checked your pics. I'm sure there was one of you sitting on the beach smiling like an idiot with the license sitting there next to you on the ground. Hahaha, can't believe they actually asked for an autographed bat... |
| 28th September 2008 Vilius | biggest blog fan - From: Return of the Blog Macola, I know you are my biggest fan. Sorry this blog entry was a bit too deep and complicated for you to understand. Viena diena tu suprasi, gerai? Ne verk. Keep it real. -Will |
| 28th September 2008 Vilius | frosties - From: Return of the Blog I know! It is crazy. But it still doesn't keep me from buying them. Good luck with the rest of the season and keep in touch, Tony. |
| 26th September 2008 Tony Lewis | FROSTIES!!! - From: Return of the Blog What the hell. That is such a shame. Hope everything is awesome back home with ya bro. Hopefully see ya and talk to you soon. Pce. -Tony |
| 25th September 2008 Macola | - From: Return of the Blog You know that i'm your blog fan! :) And if you think what are you writing think of me that i will read. I found one mistake. Yu were in Poland with dance crew , you didn't mention poland. Don't thank me friends always helps :) |
| 25th September 2008 AnnMom | 'a place for you' - From: Return of the Blog Hey, Bear! I so loved 'returning to your Blog!' and 'picturing your moments of moving from place to place (experience to experience), and your observations of how you 'meet the new, as you reference them to where you just were'. I don't think I'm expressing this as best as I would like, but it touched off something in me from my earlier years. (wow! that sounds 'old'!). I so remember watching my 'perceptions' and how they affected my experience in each new place/experience. I SO especially loved a book I carried around and read alot, and I think, internalized in my heart, called: A Place for You, by Paul Tournier. (he was/is? sort of a spiritual journeyman and psychiatrist or psychologist.) The book may be out of print now, and I think I lent my copy long ago. Anyway, the 'gist' was sort of about being on a spiritual journey and that we can 'search' and 'search' or 'journey' and the 'place is in our spirit, imbedded in us'....It's about how important each place, relationship, experience carves a space in us, a 'point of relativity' (those are my words to describe it) and that wherever we are, whenever we are, we come from/perceive from 'those places/experiences that we relate to'...anyway, YOU say it best! What a beautiful observation! I'll keep my eye out for that book! The other big point he made, was... that it wasn't the 'place' ...but rather the 'spirit' inside you that 'hosted the place/experience' (again my words/memory/ interpretation! Have fun with all your observations of your Life and All you encounter! Love, AnnMama! |
| 24th July 2008 Carolina | Tell us! - From: I'm In Poland!!! (Silesia Dance Festival) So... How was the show?!!!! |
| 8th July 2008 JIM MASUR | I LIKE YOUR REVIEW - From: Port St John's, Transkei, and the Wild Coast Dear Will, We did a trip last October to South Africa and I too had the same questions what do all these people do out here? The first part of the trip was to Kruger. From Kruger we went back to Joberg to fly to Durban and rented a car for the 4hr drive to Natal and along the way saw many walking on the road. Next we flew to Cape Town and rented a car- went to Knysna then to Hermanas. It looks like a great place but the crime that I read about seemed to go on everyday. My heart goes out to the wonderful people we met and like you I felt It was white dominated everywhere. When I got home I read Mandela's book and am always looking on blogs for what people see. Good job on your trip, Jim Masur Colorado |
| 28th June 2008 Gerard | congratulations team - From: Kaunas wins B-Pool Cupwinners Cup!!!!!!!!!!!! congratulations team Great to read you are the winners of the cup Greetings from the Netherlands Gerard |
| 28th June 2008 Vilius | the stars in umtwalume - From: Work at Thanda Afterschool, Umtwalume, South Africa Hi carolina!! Unfortunately, we do not live out in the village where we work. There are many reasons we do not live there, but the main is that there is no available housing. So......I don't know what the stars out there are like!! But here in Hibberdene, it is also a small town and so the stars are really beautifu. There is one in particular out over the Indian Ocean that is really bright, we think it is Mars but none of us are experts on stars so are not quite sure. The moon reflection on the water is quite remarkable..... |
| 25th June 2008 Karo | Small question! - From: Work at Thanda Afterschool, Umtwalume, South Africa Hi!!! I have a question regarding the nights at Umtwalume. It is well known that in the big cities the pleasure of a clear sky and the rain of stars over your head is not easy to enjoy. That is something I miss a lot here in Japan. How would you describe the sky over there? |
| 16th June 2008 anonymous | Take care!forever goodbye - From: A day at Thanda Take care!recently, I read some of your blocks and I found that U are prefer to casual life.HA!HA! Well,we really have different outlooks.Anyway,in Chinese moral, I am a really good friend!(*^.^*) Take care,best wish to your family ~ I keep to pursui of my bright future. Wish profound friendship between China and the U.S. |
| 14th June 2008 Liz Evans | Openness:the hand shake - From: Work at Thanda Afterschool, Umtwalume, South Africa I vaguely remember Dale Herman saying that the hand shake with the elbow touching ,showing respect, comes from earlier times of conflict . That to touch the other elbow/arm is to show you "have nothing up your sleeve" , i.e. no weapons concealed, and that you are trustworthy. It is definitely a sign of respect!! I wish I could hear the singing, it sends chills up and down my spine to hear the beauty of the singing. Might be an interesting way to exchange and share language: English and Zulu songs. When you return you can bring us the gift of Zulu songs, yes? Maybe you could share the Hymn of the Church of Reconciliation...hmmmm! Yes, the ball made of bread wrappings is typical...probably has a stone at the center of it, we made one during a Sunday school class one time. OK, I am off to the Farmers Market, hope all continues well!! Peace. Liz |
| 22nd May 2008 Ann | My Favorite! - From: Mowing the grass Will, this is probably my most Favorite entry! Either because I am beginning to think 'mowing of grass' along with 'appreciation of nature ' are two dynamics I have been discovering might be (at least culturally) inherited! And 'trash' and 'change' and 'what adventure/unexpected surprise is next?' You describe it all so beautifully! I chuckle! Love, Mom |
| 9th May 2008 Margot | - From: Finding fame in Angers, France What a sweet story! Everyman's embasadorship. |
| 6th April 2008 Liutukas | Nice one :) - From: Jardin des Plantes Great, but I cant see you in those pictures and where is picture with a dog :) |
| 5th April 2008 M | To be traveller - From: Dance Residency in Montpellier Nice description of the state of being a traveler. It complements your photos with perspective melting into the distance. |
| 23rd March 2008 Macola | - From: Snapshots from Juodkrante and Vidas' Birthday (Birstonas, Lithuania) Oh i see you have been already in Birstonas. Good choice to take girl for a walk there. :) Now i see you're becoming more and more lituanian you know what girls like. P.S. i know that i was not your choise but... Real life Dude! Real life... |
| 23rd March 2008 macola | - From: Teviukas' Birthday Nope you spelled Akvile wrong :) leter y in lithuania is using when sound "i" is long for example "Vynas" (vine),"Grybas" try to say loud and you'll hear long sound of "i". Akvile letter "i" is very sort. Sometimes i don't understand what are you practising in Lithuania :) Real life Dude! |
| 21st March 2008 Ann Mom | wow! - From: On a quiet street in Beijing Wow! I'd love to see photos of each of these, but your words paint good pictures. Hmmm...around Durham and here, some use bikes to get places, but see the most bikes out in the country riding for exercise or recreation. |
| 20th March 2008 Ann Mom | Observation: - From: Uzgavenas: Lithuanian Spring Festival Hey, Bear! Loved these last two entries! Interesting that there's always a good number of pictures each time about food! Glad to know you're getting enough to eat!!! Love, Mom |
| 8th February 2008 Gerard | Europe in three day's - From: from Efland to Kaunas in three days Hi I was thinking only Japanees travelers did Europe in just a few day's. After reading this I think there are more going that way. ;-) Gerard |
| 27th December 2007 A Chowdhury | This is funny - From: My first job in Beijing I can't believe it took all that pain for them to realize that they could just have a native speaker record the Chinese part right after you. Awesome. |
| 23rd December 2007 Vilius | the answer is yes - From: Lietuvos Tauras (The Lithuanian Cup) Crystal, yep I'm number 56. :) |
| 21st December 2007 Crystal | You number is 56? - From: Lietuvos Tauras (The Lithuanian Cup) Hi Will, how are you doing? Is the number is your clothes is 56? |
| 20th December 2007 Crystal | You will say perfect Chinese in the future! - From: My first job in Beijing Will, it's me Crystal. It's interesting to read your traveelblog. I thought your first Job is English teacher in China. In fact, it's not! You will say perfect chinese in the future, I think! |
| 27th November 2007 Gerard | pizzahut advice - From: The worst food in Lithuania Hi, Thanks for this advice, I hope to remember this message the next time I will go Kaunas |
| 26th November 2007 Pop Franck | You Can Do It! - From: My first job in Beijing Will, Just like the grand son I'm proud of. "if you gave up you would lose." |
| 26th November 2007 Ann | so? - From: My first job in Beijing So? Was the 'handshake' what they paid you? Good for you 'persisting' with the Chinese! Luv ya! |
| 16th October 2007 Tim | - From: Le Gerrat I was 16 at the time. The house belonged to my friends Aunt - I can't remember her full name but her first name was Lotte. She was fairly old then and had lived there since the end of the war... Staying with her was a younger couple, again I don't remember their names but she was Spanish and they had a young baby. We stayed in the room opposite the barn you can see in the photo. I do have photos, but it will take me some time to find them and scan.... I'll tey and remember some more...... |
| 29th September 2007 Vilius | yep - From: Le Gerrat Mr. Tim, Interesting. You stayed at La Girade in 1981? So you must have known the previous owners. This certainly is the La Girade you are thinking of.........I would love to hear more about your stay, how you knew those people. |
| 27th September 2007 Tim | - From: Le Gerrat Good grief, Is this "la Girade" near St Foy le Grande ? I stayed here for a couple of weeks in 1981. Looks like you've changed it a bit. |
| 13th September 2007 lihua | life in the sun - From: Feedback :) i have not seen your blog for a long time . i like reading people”s blog, diffent life and fresh things made me excited. i know your brother ,he is very good at chinese .your blog and john blog give me an same feeling that is the life is wonderful. |
| 12th September 2007 Daniel | Hello - From: Feedback :) Hi Will, how are you doing? does everything works out well so far? If your interrested on having a party in berlin on the 25th of september, its the day when christian is coming back from argentina, feel free to come. best wishes and have phun daniel |
| 6th September 2007 Dannyintheworld | :) - From: A Story From Kaunas Stadium Hey man, it happened to me to find drunk kids on the dark corners of Vilnius as well. They have a different culture...they just drink all over the place :). Enjoy your stay in Lithuania, i know i will. oh, my name is Danny i am also an international in Vilnius...for another year. |
