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Being
a mother is one of my favorite things right now--you will probably hear
about my daughter in class! That aside, I became an
anthropologist partly because I am interested in so many different
things (I like reading about just about everything). I also especially
enjoy travel, hiking, and photography. To
the left is a
photo of Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon, Ayutthaya, Thailand. The
United
Nations Initiative "Friends
of World Heritage", dedicated
to promoting
conservation and sustainable community development and tourism
in/around World Heritage sites,
has used it in outreach materials.
![[ Banaue rice terraces ]](terraces.gif)
I
also love writing, playing games, and artwork.
The
drawing
to the right is taken from an illustration of a Philippine folk tale
about
a monkey and his animal friends who defeat a demon by pretending that a
typhoon is coming.
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photo
by
Heather Claussen
To the right is a
photograph I took of the
rice terraces in Banaue, Philippines. The towering terraces (some as
high as 4,920 feet!!!)
were
carved into the mountainsides by the Ifugao 2,000 to 3,000 years
ago. They are beautiful, but it takes a lot of work to
maintain
them!
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