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		<title>A Note from the Field</title>
		<link>http://www.mynotesfromthefield.com/2009/08/04/a-note-from-the-field/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something&#8230;special about the perspective you gain in the moment when, struggling to walk along the sheer edge of a bari, or rice paddy, in a monsoonal downpour, boots soaked with water and riddled with leeches, and panic rising into your throat as you contemplate yet another day of not finishing even a fraction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of the Woods (for now)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew. Where to start? It has been one hell of a week, to be sure. The last 9 days have been almost completely filled by all-day stretches of forest sampling, bookended  by rushed laundering of my field clothes (which right this moment are soaking away some of the grime in a bucket in my bathroom), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biha, Nepali Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all began with several meters of magenta pink gauze, adorned with a meandering line of golden thread, encrusted with hand embroidery and little shiny blue sequins, all stitched in together to mimic flowers and vines. Add one jumbly, bouncy-jouncy plane ticket, two arms worth of choraa (bangles), and spin. Slowly. While Kanchan’s mom wraps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Quite Pocket Change</title>
		<link>http://www.mynotesfromthefield.com/2009/06/23/not-quite-pocket-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday before it had rained in the mid-afternoon I took a break from my laptop, and sat with the women who run the cafeteria under the trees that are adjacent to it, on the little plastic seats where a mix of students, faculty, and staff seek solace from the sun. One of the women who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Piece of Perfection</title>
		<link>http://www.mynotesfromthefield.com/2009/06/20/a-little-piece-of-perfection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was a pitch perfect day, and one I relished, after so much frustration with the computer and desk-based part of my research. I have been spending untold amounts of time indoors right now, finalizing decisions about my research plan, timeline, and most importantly, field sites, hovering over three topo maps of Kaski District (in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Gettin&#8217; Hot in Here&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mynotesfromthefield.com/2009/06/15/its-gettin-hot-in-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is swelteringly hot in Nepal. Sticky, skin-clinging, little-bubbles-of-perspiration running along the concave slope of my upper lip kind of hot. The monsoon season may be coming, but it sure as hell ain’t in a hurry.
Yesterday I went with my new friend Deepak for a long walk to see the tremendous Setikhola gorge (khola is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Day in Short Form</title>
		<link>http://www.mynotesfromthefield.com/2009/06/10/my-day-in-short-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With inspiration from Sara, my good friend and college roommate who has begun updating her Facebook status only in a kind of poetic short form, herewith is my day today, in glimpses.
So humid overnight I slept in my silk sleeping sack and nothing else. Feet and hands slathered with lotion to lock in what little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon a Time in Ecuador</title>
		<link>http://www.mynotesfromthefield.com/2009/06/09/once-upon-a-time-in-ecuador/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once Upon a Time in Ecuador…there was a kindly older man in Quito, tall and thin with a sweet smile, named Fernando. Fernando worked for ACLAS, the Andean Center for Latin American Studies, and it was he who greeted 22 sleepy and scared American students their first night in the country, shuttling them off into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Not-So-Short Version of the Long Story of How I Found Myself in Nepal</title>
		<link>http://www.mynotesfromthefield.com/2009/05/28/the-not-so-short-version-of-the-long-story-of-how-i-found-myself-in-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 03:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[*[Editor's Note: Remember that bit about not being succinct? I've broken this part into two sections, with the first part below, so read that first. I'm still figuring out how to order posts, so bear with me if things move around a bit. And I promise no post will ever again be as long as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;And Now, for My Second Act, I Will Brush My Teeth&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.mynotesfromthefield.com/2009/05/26/and-now-for-my-second-act-i-will-brush-my-teeth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I dreamt that I was having people over, and the doorbell kept ringing. Every time I went to spend time with the guests who had already arrived, the doorbell would ring insistently and I’d reluctantly tear myself away from a newly started conversation in order to somewhat peevishly go let another guest in.
When [...]]]></description>
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