Now-and-Then photography

Here’s a great piece in Exposure Magazine about photographer Annu Palakunnathu Mathew, written by photography writer Nancy Brokaw; check it out: … More

“All But True” reading series returns!

abtflyer_10-14-16 My writers group has taken on the wonderful “All But True” reading series and is now curating and hosting … More

A straight man’s first gay bar

Back in the early 1970s I moved to San Francisco from L.A. as a naïve teenager enthralled by the energy … More

I beat Amtrak by two decades!

You’ve likely heard that Amtrak has created a writers residency on the rails, and it is reviewing applications through the … More

The Animals Among Us?

Cool blog post from Nancy Brokaw: http://nbrokaw.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-animals-among-us.html

Interesting Kickstarter project

Sam Nigro is a very engaging artist working in a most challenging and unusual medium. Check out his current Kickstarter … More

Back to the Future: A Kenyan Childhood Revisited

Here’s an article I wrote about my recent visit to Kenya and Friends Theological College for the summer 2012 issue … More

Finding “Busara” at Pendle Hill

Click below to see a short piece I wrote recently for Pendle Hill Quaker Center that describes my writing sojourns … More

In Memoriam — Simeon Mwanga

Simeon Mwanga with his grandson, Josphat Lime Jiveti. December, 2011 I learned the sad news this morning that Simeon Mwanga, … More

The news from Kenya, part seven

Chepsonoi, Kenya I learn extraordinary news (and I don’t mean about the rat) Ruth arrived early morning again with a … More