Dull in the distance, Charred logs and dim embers Wait for our company. It arrives in the evening, As plants and animals Settle down in...

The study of history can help us to do better as humans in the face of the unimaginable.

"...we humans are capable of more than we remember."

Overseas living. It has its ups and downs to be sure.

I write about this song today because it brought up a memory from a few years ago, of a moment that stands frozen in time.

Even though you know the winter will end, you're still surprised when it does. You ask yourself how it can be that you have forgotten...

I settle into my music when the bus takes off from the curb.

"But Marrakech is not even sunny all the time. And it seemed determined to prove that to us by whipping up a good old dust storm..."

It's these moments of "calm before the storm" that I am learning to treasure.

I thought I knew how to handle the rain.

I keep thinking about dreams.

I thought I was challenging myself back in the states, but the growth I've been doing here far outpaces my growth at home.

A friend I've made here says that "Marrakesh is a healing place."

...sometimes, a ghost mountain is just that: an impressive feature on this earth, one that calls to mind my smallness.

I used to scan the skies Anxiously, like a sailor Who has seen too many storms Eyes a fickle-looking cloud or three. On any given evening...

...The cynic and the romantic will need each other in the following days, I think.

I've always loved fairy tales. I devoured all the retellings of these stories our library had growing up, and made good use of the...