Ludwigshöhe, GERMANY – Looking at the United States from the outside tonight, I am frightened...
Category - Perspective
The madness at the U.S. Capitol frayed my faith in our democracy
Maryland, U.S.A. – I remember hearing Trump supporters counter-protesting Black Lives Matter...
Istanbul’s quiet New Year
ISTANBUL – As another year passed, Turkey had its New Year celebration, but it was different this...
The best Christmas present is hope for next year
DUBLIN – 2020 was the strangest of years. When the clock strikes midnight next Thursday night, I...
Its emptiness defines Suffolk, Virginia
Suffolk, VIRGINIA, U.S.A. – Distance. That’s one of the first, fleeting words that come to mind...
Melting glacier is evidence of Earth in distress
Hvannadalshnúkur, ICELAND – Looking at the melting glacier before me left me in shock. My 2018...
Tune in to a radio version of ‘It’s a Wonderful...
Pekin, Illinois, U.S.A. – As the idiom goes, “the show must go on!” Yet in the midst of a global...
A ‘small, quaint, quiet town’ in Germany is not...
Ludwigshöhe, GERMANY – The word “home” is always hard to define, considering that it is something...