(I’ve got thoughts to compose and post, but we’re fast on the move as the semester comes to close. The following comes from a newsletter update that Hanley, the director of Camino Seguro, asked me…
Browsing Category letters
art of alchemy
3 times stranded without cover in sudden rainstorms. 3 expeditions sent to “get help” to pull our minivan out of the mud. 20+ group efforts to push or pull our car out of muck-ruts. 6…
haunting home
(the sunrise, this morning, in oregon) ***** (A letter to two former neighbors, dear friends, and fellow divemasters, who continue to live in Taganga, in the hotel of the house where I was living in…
sowing seeds
Renee, My time here is coming to a close and I can feel the slight pull and excited unease inside of me that comes at the end of each and every of my 3-month semesters…
Fire My Spirit
Earth my Body Water my Blood Air my Breath Fire my Spirit (From the window of the “Planet Drum” Volunteer house in Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador.) *********************** Dear Ev, The day you left, I had…
Letter to the Department of Education Direct Loan Payment Center
(Just an update that my education loan is almost fully paid off now. And I’m grateful for it. And I use my education. Thank goodness we grow up.) ************* June 13th, 2004 U.S. Department of…
Put in My Place
In my distress of the war, I emailed a very good friend and both complained to her about “my” country and asked to her to give me some shread of hope to hold onto. Her…
Letter to Leah
I roll over and pull the wool blanket closer around my head. I’d adjust the blankets to tuck around my feet…if I had the strength. But I don’t. I don’t have the strength to reach…