Butterfly flits by,Dusted with future flowers,How the cosmos blooms! While mindfully enjoying my lunch under a shade tree on the…
Support Proyecto Jardín: A Call to Thought and Action
Human rights and responsibilities Inherent in a proper notion of human rights is its inseparable companion of human responsibilities. Humanity…
Show your solidarity with our Muslim sisters and brothers!
Dear friends, The simplest of gestures can speak volumes to those in need. Attacks against Muslims are on the rise,…
Lessons from History for the Here and Now: Thoughts Inspired by “When Muslims Admired the West and Were Admired Back”
I highly recommend reading this article (link below) by UCLA history professor Nile Green. We need to learn more from…
Return to Anza-Borrego: Mother Nature Casts Her Spell
Desperately needed: “Hearts as Big as Cities”
As a Spanish interpreter, I’m constantly in a position to have others speak through me. It’s an honor and a…
time = change
change is good. (and it’s inevitable, as an aside) might as well embrace it, and enjoy the ride.
Weekend at Big Bear Lake
A Tale of Two “Rough Rides”
Rough ride #1: On June 7th, 1998 James Bryd, Jr. was the victim of an unthinkably brutal, hate-motivated murder. A…
Genocide is the word…
The details of the history surrounding the Turkish genocide of the Armenian people are not well known to me. I…
human writes 