January 10, 2017
The Starfysh Story: Act 1
Back in 2009, after 17 years of going down every year to treat the sick in a…
May 5, 2014
The Ministry of Showing Up
Few things are more meaningful than being hugged by someone you've helped. It's…
June 13, 2013
Seems to Me You’d Stop and See How Beautiful They Are
I sit in my green Adirondack, book in hand, but dozing off. Sensing something,…
April 11, 2013
Emergence
For as many years as the butterfly exhibit has made its Spring appearance at…
March 6, 2013
I Have Set My Sight…
“There’s a small hemorrhage in your left eye,” she said. “We need you to come…
February 18, 2013
Waypoints
Speaking of places, I picked up a Garmin GPS the other day, the kind you need…
February 11, 2013
Loitering in High Places
My work takes me to Washington, D.C. every now and again and, whenever I can, I…
February 4, 2013
How Things Might Be
The seed and plant catalogs are starting to show up in my snow-covered mailbox.…
July 31, 2012
Thin Places in Haiti
We had a great time at the ballpark the other day: Tigers v. White Sox in a…