When swimming in the ocean and being knocked about by waves, there may come a point when one sweeps you off your feet, turning you end over end, and ultimately overpowering you. It isn’t much to worry about, as the waves come in intervals and give time to recover, to surface and find air. In [...]
Peace and justice are not words written in letters and on blogospheres, dotted across newspaper articles and bandied about at conferences or over cups of coffee. These values do not manifest increasingly with each time the words are thrown about, as they are solid entities that are created through action and not words. Peace is [...]
The sound echoes off the tiled walls, sitting in the air and resonating across the entire bathroom. Standing naked in the shower, I stare down at the porcelain tub and watch the stubble fall like black dust, slowly making its way to the ground at my feet. Scraping along my skin, first across my face, [...]
She asked all of the hard questions, her soft, even voice respectfully inquiring on all subjects. The restaurant was nearly empty when we arrived for lunch, but it was packed with the dinnertime rush when we finally realized the time and ended our four-hour conversation. We sat at the table the entire time, discussing politics, [...]
