Life’s upheavals, painful and distressing. Inequality, sickness, old age and death. Hunger, thirst and loneliness. From which we seek deliverance. […]

Life’s upheavals, painful and distressing. Inequality, sickness, old age and death. Hunger, thirst and loneliness. From which we seek deliverance. […]
Trapped. Lost. Abandoned. Indrik is startled awake from a nightmare. He gasps for air. Were those real hands that he’d […]
Ahhh, the joys of spring! Nature’s abundance once again reveals itself after a long, cold northern hemisphere winter. Against the […]
As Vladimir Putin’s invading Russian military forces attack the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, I’d like to share some memories of my […]
The following is an updated post from 2019 which is relevant to the policy negotiations currently taking place in the […]
For the curious observer of art and culture, a study of religious icons is both a visual and intellectual feast. […]
As decadent as it may feel given the past one-year-plus of pandemic lockdowns in much of the world, the process […]
When asked about all things ‘American’ while living abroad, my standard answer was (and is) that the land area is […]
An American expat returns to his North Carolina roots after many years of living abroad. Come along on the journey […]
Exploring one of the world’s great archaeology museums is high on my list of favorite things to do. It’s an […]