Apple Phones and Oranges
It's Advent, often translated as "frantic pre-Christmas season." I've been on the lookout for Christmas presents for months now, being...
5 Last-Minute Charitable Gift Ideas
Maybe you want to give a gift that keeps giving this year, but your brain is three-sizes-too-small due to pre-Christmas stress. Here are...
The Table in the Room
In the times that I have travelled and moved, I have come to appreciate how many little things change from one place to the next. Of...
Magic Towns, Enchanted Moments
"Beauty stirs us from our habitual forgetfulness of the wonder of being" — My notes from David Bentley Hart's speech, "Beauty, the First...
Belonging, Taxco, and Celebrating the Dead
This past week, Mexico was overflowing with purples, oranges, and blues; candles, sweet breads, and calaveritas. November 2nd is Dia de...
Luz, Color, y AlegrÃa
When I was six and living in Rome, I was in love with the cheap, light up, flying toys that filled the plazas at night. Vendors would...
