Oct 17, 20222 min readRun Your RaceThere’s Usain Bolt and then there’s everyone else. He claims nineteen Guinness World Records – second only to Michael Phelps in the...
Oct 17, 20222 min readBe a GoatThe Kentucky Derby is, of course, the most famous horse race in the world. Attendees don elegant hats and bowties for the occasion. Even...
Oct 17, 20222 min readRed CarpetTom Haverford is a low-level government employee in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana – in the brilliant and hilarious Parks and...
Oct 17, 20222 min readAlways Take the CookiesI’ve had the privilege of spending a good bit of time in the Middle East. I’ve learned a lot about the people and the culture and, let me...
Oct 17, 20222 min readSlow DownI have a Kenyan family. We’re not biologically related but they are family. I knew Marwa’s name long before we met. We had corresponded...
Oct 17, 20222 min readWatercolors and PencilsI got coffee with an artist friend of mine a while back. I have no artistic ability whatsoever – at least not in the fine arts of...
Oct 17, 20222 min readFinding ShadeJadav Payeng lives on the river island of Majuli. In 1979, when Payeng was just 16-years-old, the island was hit by heavy rains. The...