How do you know what it means when bombs go off?
Last night, shots and shells fell near the same city that brought me such needed reprieve only a week ago. The FNL lashed out…
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Once more unto the beach, dear friends
I know most of you who read this blog, and I’m pretty sure that the five-star beach resort is less likely to make it…
Read MoreAnd next in the long list of Things That Won’t Help
You’ll forgive the cynicism, I’m sure–or maybe not, which is also legitimate–but here is a quick highlight of things in my inbox: Writers in…
Read MoreRenegade recycling
Man, do I wish this story had been mine: Delaware recycles subway cars by dropping them in the ocean and letting fish take them…
Read MoreThe camera pans east… A story from India
My friend Anna Ruddock of Britain is traveling India (alone!) for three months, and she’s got a story that I just love so much,…
Read MoreDecoding the news
Here’s an article from Agence France Press, which is like the A.P. or Reuters–those big news organizations that cover the world in “traditional journalism…
Read MoreCitizen diplomacy
This isn’t a Rwanda post, but I can’t help myself. Two guys, one from Israel, the other from Gaza, met at a youth dialogue…
Read MoreWorking (different kinds of) magic
Friends have been asking me to share links to my stories more regularly, and since most of my friends are reading this blog, at…
Read MoreThis American and My African lives not compatible
For whatever reason, I cannot get the This American Life podcast to download here. With patience and diligence I stretched over two days, I…
Read MoreI can’t believe I’m posting about George Clooney
It has come to this. But maybe the “it” isn’t me… Hold on, we need some context: Clooney recently had a dark-night-of-the-soul (or of…
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