How to play Guitar (sponsored post)

I have always wanted to be able to play an instrument. Maybe I’ll give Mahalo a try 🙂

Mahalo’s free “How to play guitar songs” YouTube channel is great … over 400 songs available now and more every week! You can also email Mahalo if you’ve got a special song in mind to learn. Definitely worth a look!

Learning something new

The old adage is true – you learn something new every day.  For me, they’re weird things, more often than not, but they’re definitely new!

In my job, I have the opportunity to learn about all kinds of exotic and unusual places.   You might remember my description of the peculiar Monastery of Jumping Cats earlier this year.

"Jambay Lhakhang, Bumthang, Bhutan" (2007) by Kenro Izu

More recently, I’ve come across many exotic-sounding place names; it’s such fun to Google them, to discover their meanings and/or pronunciations.  One of my favorite place-names is the district of Bumthang in Bhutan.