andijan | uzbekistan It’s not the flocked wallpaper or the massive cream and gold Persian rug on the floor nor…

khiva | uzbekistan On our first trip beyond Andijan viloyati, we travel to Khiva. The tiled minarets in turquoise Majorca…

na’alehu | hawai’i Late afternoon, after writing, the sun gentle, I drive twenty minutes down an empty winding blacktop, along…

In New Mexico where I now live, cultural and historical inequities of ac- cess to education have been intensified by the pandemic. In the Santa Fe New Mexican, Anthony J. Wallace describes how COVID-19 has challenged the Nav- ajo Nation with death and loss, upheav- al and isolation.

santa fe/new mexico I’m packing up the guest room where I keep my travel coillection, books and a fold out…

At the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, Sayaka and I lag behind a group of bored middle schoolers who…

The New Year finds me looking out onto the adobe-walled garden of our townhome on a snowy afternoon. Some of…

For the past two years, it’s been post-surgery, post surgery and post surgery, the last one on November 5, a…

santa fe/new mexico My surgery is scheduled in a week.  I look towards my operation with hope though I won’t…

santa fe/new mexico I contemplate the circular black standing Lasko fan’s whirring propeller jjjzjzjzjjjng as it vacillates toward my lavender…

I’ve written blogs for almost ten years on different platforms for different reasons.   My first blog Educator to Educator (2010-2012)…

I hobble into Dr. Joe’s office on Robocop crutches and sit on his sofa on a fuzzy white faux sheepskin…