the borders we must cross separately  ~ Naomi Shihab Nye, Making a Fist When I was 13 and my grandfather was 64, ten years younger than I am now, we...... Read More

     Fulbright gives its senior scholars a car to use when they are in living in Kathmandu. This is both a good and a bad thing.  It allows the Fulbrighters...... Read More

How grass can be nourishing in themouths of the lambs. ~ Mary Oliver, Mysteries, Yes! Poetry, You’re the Balm When we speak of a balm, of comfort, of nourishment. poetry...... Read More

She didn’t know where else to put them. She’d tried her sock drawer, but a mouse had found its way in and started to nibble them. Then she tried the...... Read More

In solidarity and in support of #AmplifyMelanatedVoicesChallenge, I have deleted my scheduled post this week in an effort to silence the white noise and amplify black voices. I originally wrote...... Read More

The cattle have returned to The east pasture And I see there are newbies Among them Little ones not quite Steady on their feet But willing to jump And run,...... Read More

          “I know, my daughter, and yet, if only Moses leaves a record, who will know of your struggle, your duties, your strength, how you made freedom possible?”           “Moses...... Read More

As of today, I have been on the planet for 24,546 days.  I started posting this on a whiteboard in my bedroom sometime last year.  It seemed important to me...... Read More

So what they don’t tell you about beautiful red sunsets viewed from the sky, hovering high above earth’s surface, above clouds and sparkling tiny cities and lakes, is that what...... Read More

Pandemic What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath – the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, just...... Read More