I wrote a “Proud to be an American” post that I had planned on publishing today. But, my words got away from me and I…
One thing I still have yet to figure out is what to do with my trash. With no waste management system in the villages, it…
At a certain temperature, the fan doesn’t do anything but blow hot air. Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining! At least I have…
If you missed the bees, you would have mistaken us for one of the teams who had swarmed the region in the wake of Ebola just a few months earlier. Mesh face masks, red rubber gloves, black rubber boots and bulky jumpsuits exposing nothing, hiding even the fear. But there was no missing the bees
What’s next? I don’t know. I might move to San Diego, spend some time in New York City, go hiking for a month, crash on…
While the brutal chaos that unravels in “Lord of the Flies” is famous around the world, research suggests human nature is to respond otherwise in…
Both literal and metaphorical black clouds lingered over our heads during the entirety of our Canary Islands getaway. But since Mallory and I have been living in The Gambia long enough, we knew how to laugh it off and we somehow managed to enjoy the vacation we both had so badly needed.

