I forget when I first dreamed of being a writer. I've always being a note taker. One of my earliest writing recollections was when the p...

"How much does this CAT scan cost?" I asked the lady with the clipboard. "I have no idea. Please complete the form on both s...

"A clock is a ticking thief stealing life daily, taking it unnoticed, so that without love and constancy life is nonetheless just ...

At the open air market place, some vendors keep candles in their vegetable cases to keep the cucumbers from freezing. That's how cold it...

Alamty, Kazakhstan does not have soft edges. It is not warm and fuzzy. The sharp air that pinches the nose matches the looks from stranger...

This was a fun two days. Teachers from five locations in Central Asia were in attendance, some coming in on delayed flights and others after...

Inside the airport a gray mist hovers, gathering in intensity toward the vaulted ceiling. It is -30C/-2F outside and dark outside with few l...

Packing the suitcases, weighing out what's most important, repacking. Taking Starbucks to the teachers in Almaty and books and more book...

Oh lone mosquito for whom love is but remote, your translucent wings have brought you here by some mistake. By whose warm but misguided invi...

Well, not entirely at home. At Aunt Becky's. On New Year's Eve day, the entire grand-crew (minus Sara Kelly) went for a ride out to ...

No, we are not planning a trip to ski the Rockies. We are planning two trips almost back to back and now that the holidays are over, we are ...

I'm reading Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert . I don't...

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Enraged crowds rioted across Pakistan and hopes for democracy hung by a thread after Benazir Bhutto was gunned down...

Last night Michael and I were up at the mall (again?) and he remarked, "isn't it amazing how this season just gets people to go out...

Not just any elementary, Emmerick is my grandson Ben's school, in fact that's his head right under the first O in Holbrook. I had a ...

This morning I played around with a photo from Kelly's new camera (above), thinking about last weekend. I had Katie's two oldest, St...

Last July I bought an indoor worm composting system from Worm Firm. http://wormfirm.com/id1.html Not just any worms, mind you, red wigglers,...

Kazakhstan lies in the north of the central Asian republics and is bounded by Russia in the north, China in the east, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekis...

And there we are. Left to right: Scottie (aka Scooter), Stephie, Thomas, Sara Kelly, Sara Ellen, Danny, Ben. Ready -- Swing! A little unsure...

Thirteen minutes. That's the time Kylene Beers allotted for poetry during the 2.5 hour event at NCTE in NYC this year. Thirteen and a...