#darkhan

Some old pics inspired by Blood of the Highbourne.

“I do apologize, Ranger-General. It was just made known to me you may... show bias towards our neighbours.”

She could not catch herself quickly enough to stop her ears from twitching in surprise. Her eyes narrowed.

“I beg your pardon?” The question is almost hissed.

If his intention had been to infuriate her, it doesn’t show. He wavers from her tone.

“It was a topic of discussion,” he began carefully, “that perhaps you promoted Ranger Marris not because of his skill, but due to your fondness for him.”

My friend Anita helped facilitate the donation of 50 brand new Mongolian children’s books from Internom Bookstore to kindergartens in Darkhan. Terra attends a public kindergarten and we knew her teachers would treasure the books, so they got the books for older children. The rest of the books were donated to a low-cost daycare center in Old Darkhan’s ger district.

I have never in my life seen children so excited about books. As soon as we told the teacher what was in the box, nearly every single one of Terra’s classmates jumped out of their chairs and ran over to see them. Her teacher let them take a few books to share and sit down with until their parents arrived to pick them up.

The next day, Terra’s teachers told Aagii that they were going to be coming by for a home visit to play some Tsagaan Sar games with Terra.

The first solar power plant in Mongolia is up and running, in Darkhan. Mongolia has over 250 cloudless days (no clouds in the sky at all) a year, so it’s a pretty good place for solar power.