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Nepal Shipment Oct. 2010

The long awaited shipment from Nepal is here!  We now have a huge new selection of Tibetan Singing Bowls both hand-etched and hand-hammered in all sizes and prices, each with a unique resonance. Tibetan herbal and healing incense, prayer flags, handmade eco-friendly stationery and wrapping paper, mantra jewelry and more on the way . . . Read more »

MacroSun at the Festival of Nations 2010

We had the honor this year of representing the culture of the Nepalese People through their varied crafts and artifacts. We were so happy to see such a large and diverse crowd appear!

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Friends from Afghanistan

Memories and prayers have flooded my heart in recent months.
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Notes from Indonesia and Thailand Travels

The political/economic turbulence in Indonesia has had a powerful impact on the journey, MacroSun shipments, and on me personally.   The situation is much more complex than the "sound byte" snippets presented in the Western media, I believe.  The long patient, fun-loving, deeply spiritual people of Indonesia deserve a responsive, democratic government.  Read more »

Journey to the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal

Namaste!  I’m presently in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal – a land known for the Himalayas and Mount Everest, ancient temples and as the birthplace of Buddha, and most recently for political turbulence with Maoist insurgents...
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Notes from India and Nepal

Time in India was intensely pushed, but made great new contact and friend, Deepak, to help sort out the shipping and some of the markets; settled an old score fairly and favorably with an agent in Delhi who delivered damaged goods a while back, not an easy negotiation. Read more »

The History of a Few of Our Artisan Friends

MacroSun works with hundreds of different individual artists, craftspeople, families, co-ops, etc.  I have chosen a few to give a general sense of who we work with. Read more »