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…
The Old Ways of Anza-Borrego: A Journey Photographic
In his magnificent book The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot, Robert Macfarlane binds human imagination and endeavor to their…
For Charly Leundeu Keunang aka Charley Saturmin Robinet aka Brother Africa
Does a rose by any other name not smell as sweet? Does a person that goes by another name cease…
Questlove shares the amazing story of meeting Robin Williams in an elevator
He was a Roots fan too?!! Awesome body of work… tragic loss.
Imagine a better world in the new year…
As we enter the new year, and cross the threshold of what’s to come, talk of resolutions abounds. Yearnings to…