Continue Reading Rest in Power, Michel Saran. 1938 - 2026 My heart is heavy today, after a German friend and mentor died peacefully two days ago, surrounded by his family. I am…
Continue Reading When the World Looks Away “There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.” – Sophocles Three years ago, I…
Continue Reading Entering 2026 What to write for the first column of the New Year, a year that started with fresh horrors on top of the…
Continue Reading Possibilities Walk with me. Today the universe sent a graffiti message to find the birds, so we shall. It will be the last stroll…
Continue Reading Leave mothers alone! Here is the good news: you can keep the popcorn in the cupboards and avoid empty calories if you don’t watch the…
Continue Reading Steadfastness. “A Third Way: Between mute submission and blind hate – I choose the third way. I am ṣāmid. – Raja Shehadeh, A…
Continue Reading Seeing and not seeing. My mother, working on her dissertation in the field of agricultural sciences, conducted a series of experiments in the university greenhouse in…
Continue Reading Go on, sing! The essay below was written before the horrific events of the last days, the mass shootings at Brown University and Bondi Beach,…
Continue Reading Song for the Rainy Season Looking at the wondrous waterfalls and an old, abandoned house at the White River in WA earlier this fall, I was reminded…
Continue Reading What lies underneath. It was a cold, frosty day. As always on our drive on I 5 South to California, we looked for something new…
