In Los Angeles for a couple of days, helping my mom out. May have a few hours to myself later this evening, and find myself wondering what to do. So […]

On of the things I’m looking forward to on the upcoming Liberia is checking off a longstanding item on my life list. You keep a life list? That list of […]

As Devon and I get more involved with this project in Liberia, we’re discovering a lot about the nature of public health projects. First, all the nouns you’re allowed to […]

I’d been meaning to write about Matt Harding’s new book. I mean, what can you write about traveling around the world (multiple times), for the purpose of picking an archetypical […]

I learned this morning that an old friend of mine, apparently in the heat of the moment, took his own life last night. He leaves behind a wife, infant twins, […]

Face pressed to the glassOut of fresh blue painted steelClattering on polished rails  through fields untouched by time Sunbaked straw bricks, packed with clay  drawn from the tumbling muddy morning riverStand in […]

Okay, I’m not sure if I’ve got it right, but I’ll do my best. You see, I can’t quite understand Rosa’s English all the time, so I had to ask […]

Brief exposure to Lima through the bus window lookingglass on the way to our Cusco flight. I like it. Folks on brightly painted city buses smile and wave and the […]

Our friends Ruben and Lauren – I’ve written about them, right? Wonderful, fascinating people. We’d move in with them if we could, or failing that, would pretend to have died […]