Ponderings

     Sometimes an idea captures your fancy and you can’t let it go. That’s what happened with me and the…

What was it like for a little boy to love playing “Cowboys and Indians” and then one day learn… But…

I bought a handful of grapes for just-turned-2-year-old Kip at People’s Market (to try to redirect his hot pursuit for…

I knew that if I died right then, I would be totally embarrassed for the rest of eternity. People would...

Friends from “our” Peace Corps village in Karnataka, India, make our going back there a celebration. Oh, don’t get me…

Published in KODAI, A Class News Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Kodaikanal International School, Tamil Nadu, India, 2016/2017. ©…

We returned from a conference to find heavy rains had left so much flooding at home. Wayne and I, and…

I believe in wonder and in wondering – amazement and curiosity, astonishment and inquisitiveness. I believe that wonder, with its…

I believe courageous conversations about our nation’s habit of violence are desperately needed. Last weekend’s news (Sept. 30 – Oct….

I hate making a fool of myself. It feels bad. For quite a while. I find myself re-running the incident…