When I was ten years old my brother was sixteen and learning to drive. I sat in the back of the car and chuckled rather maliciously as he nervously clutched the wheel readying himself for...
My eyes open slowly unable to focus, closing again with the weight of a dumbbell. Seconds, minutes, days are interchangeable in this state. I flow in and out of consciousness. My breathing is long-drawn-out like...
Jonathan Bloom recently discussed his book, American Wasteland at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, MD. The book highlights the economic and environmental costs of food waste, and how consumers and policymakers can play their...
When I traveled off the beaten path in Africa, I craved anonymity. My 5’10 height coupled with a white face and long straight hair, made it impossible to fly under the radar. Men would walk...
Women Deliver—a global advocacy organization for women and maternal health—is offering scholarships to its third global conference, Women Deliver 2013. The conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from May 28 to 30, 2013....
“Play with me. Please, I beg!”...
I want to go to Dublin Ireland. Many reasons of course, but mostly because my ancestry is largely Irish and I have never been there; and as a writer, I would love to walk in the...
Just as we enjoyed the Huaraz marketplace in Peru, we loved exploring the surrounding countryside. It was accessible by following the road out of town, then hiking up the paths connecting the countryside village farms to the...
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