This is the second installment of my India travelogue; my first post described the Christmassy vibe of our December 2025 trip. During our trip we spent a fair amount of time in traffic. Thinking about New Delhi traffic always brings the famous Hindustan Ambassador car to mind. When I first started coming to Indian 2000, I saw a lot of Ambassadors on the roads; now the variety of vehicles is…

Menuhah Peters was the best early educator I ever had the privilege to know and to call my friend. This morning I have just learned the sad news of her passing from 6000+ miles away, and so am writing to share a few recollections. Menuhah made a huge and lasting impression on the world through her early education teaching and what she shared about it online (photos always shared with written…

There is a truism that what we count matters. Where and when we have clear metrics, it is easier for us to place value. The problem is that some things are harder to count than others. Diet and exercise are two areas that are relatively easy to track, and where counting really matters. Every day, for example, my smart watch tracks my health through established benchmarks (steps, minutes of…