"Everybody take out a piece of paper and something to write with." So begins the writing workshop. Michael and I conducted about 2...

A couple of traveling poets might be a little wary about an assembly at 7:30 AM on Monday morning under any circumstances. The kick off asse...

"Don’t breathe as you pass by." The sun searches for landing pads on the jungle floor, hopping from leaf to leaf. Dawa has picked ...

Whatever happened on super Tuesday? Has another snow storm hit Cleveland? Is our house still standing? Do I have everything in order for sch...

I'm three weeks behind in blogging and over flowing with images and notes about our trip to SE Asia. Like a series of red roofed pagodas...

Check out the Hello Kitty lounge for girls and the video game lounge for boys. Please also ch eck out how calmly the kids are playing. We h...

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...