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- With a BS in Psychology and a minor in Japanese from Ohio State, I worked for the Japanese Ministry of Education in a program started by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation to promote cultural awareness, 1989 to 1992. I used the money that I earned in Japan to travel overland from Hong Kong, up the east coast of China, and west to Golmud, China. From there, I went by bus and under a yak milk scented monk's robe into Lhasa, Tibet. I flew from Lhasa to Nepal, Thailand, the Philippines and home. Throughout 1993, I wrote a weekly column for the Madison Press, a newspaper in London, OH, chronicling my journey. Also in 1993, I started to develop an import business, with $500 worth of jewelry that I had brought home in my suitcase. Currently, I work with small, women and family owned businesses, both in the US and in Nepal with an emphasis on preserving the traditional artist. Always concerned with promoting peace through cultural awareness and understanding, my customers, friends and family have managed to support a variety of endeavors in Nepal, but most recently we are proud to be able to say that we have helped to create a library in the Rasuwa district, a remote area of Nepal.
Tashideleh! Your jewelry is beautiful. I presume what you are showing here is all from Nepal - I read your info at the end of this blog. I traveled in Tibet in '95 and '96 and in Nepal a couple of times in the years following. I have been researching the life of a Tibetan traveler and have immersed myself in things Tibetan. I can to your blog via your post on the One Minute Writer, a site I enjoy and add to 3 or 4 times a week when the prompts grab me. I have some made in Tibet jewelry and some made in Nepal jewelry -- some of your things are so wonderful I would purchase them if I were not being frugal. I wish you good luck in your sales endeavors because I assume that what you sell means more sales for the makers and if they are Nepal they are probably not making much money. I think I will read one or both of your other blogs now.
ReplyDeleteJune your excitement is palpable! Namaste and Tashidelek to you! I will keep my eyes open for your posts on the One Minute Writer. Peace.
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