Portlaoise, IRELAND – The global pandemic that is the novel coronavirus took Ireland, just like the...
Category - Perspective
London is empty and eerie
LONDON – When UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the shutdown in London last month, people...
Ruse, Bulgaria is full of art, beauty and spirit
Ruse, BULGARIA – Ruse is a free spirit city. Yeah, that’s right: FREE SPIRIT CITY. Most of you have...
Not social distancing? You’re part of the problem.
Croton-on-Hudson, NEW YORK – I miss my friends, I miss my extended family, I miss learning in a...
Trapped in an Istanbul apartment for seven weeks – and...
ISTANBUL – The virus doesn’t discriminate, whether it be class, gender or race. We say that...
Lucky to live in one of Quito’s surburban bubbles
Tumbaco, ECUADOR – I have lived in the outskirts of Quito my whole life. Until the age of five, I...
Just when I began enjoying senior activities, covid came along
INDIANAPOLIS – One of my most strongly-held principles is that I don’t believe in regret. More...
Hey, neighbor! Covid-19 could create community
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. – I was taking pictures of the neighbor’s fully bloomed apple tree...