To Go or Not To Go
Jay arrived in Seattle a few days ago in one piece, after finishing up classes and saying goodbye to his students, who were very sad to see him go. But with the promise to return. Jay alluded to this in one of his last posts, and we have also told some folks about this - Jay was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach in Bhutan this next academic year. We learned about this shortly before I left the country in May, and so the last weeks have involved figuring out if and when our return will happen. But it’s not so simple. As has been our experience with just about everything related to Bhutan - a conundrum wrapped in an intricate web of beauty, peace, frustration, spirituality, hope, stoicism, tradition, deference, hierarchy, and the most incredible potential. We decided that if we were going to go back, it would be for the fall semester only. So Jay began discussions with the academic dean about whether there was a role for him there, and he proposed to develop a course ...