Auschwitz: Dispatch from Hell

I spent yesterday in Hell. At Auschwitz and Birkenau, 90 minutes outside of Krakow, Poland. A day trip.

First My Brother, Now My Son

Finding lessons within lessons

Sometime in 1987, my family was robbed. We were robbed of the opportunity to hear my baby brother’s voice and to hear his thoughts.

Planning Your Perfect Trip To Rome.

I felt the “swoosh” of the sliding doors tickling the backs of my leggings as I finally left…

I’ve seen the future in Singapore

… and I have basically stopped using the social media

Bad Chinese Food + A Rubik’s Cube

= My Best Date Ever

The Last Neighborhood

Growing up in a dying city

The Garbage Dump in Ethiopia Where Death comes to Life

This town’s Waste Management solutions keep…

A Foggy Walk in Vancouver

thoughts of life amidst a walk home

from the Backseat.

My brother and his wife, my sister-in-law, have finally moved out of our apartment — where the three of us all lived for 17 months. I always knew that this day would come, but I was unprepared for the flood of meloncholy that swept over me when I received the following message from my…

The Phantom Pain of Widowhood

Years after being widowed, the effects remain.