15-Day Creation Challenge

The Beauty of Not Knowing
photo by Orin Zebest I wrote the post below one week ago, but the delay in publishing is due to limited internet and a laptop that refuses to turn on… I am sprawled across a bed inside a bungalow, with rain pummeling the roof until about 12 seconds ago.

Listening in on the Other Side
A few weeks ago, I was looking up a farm in upstate NY where a friend works. As I searched the internet, the first relevant reference to that farm finally popped up. It was an article about a raid on the farm to arrest undocumented immigrants. I scrolled down to view the comments, and was sh0cked by the hatred poured out on the page. Hatred for immigrants  — both with papers and without — was expressed nakedly and often with vulgarity. But why was I shocked? My friend at the farm is an immigrant. A documented immigrant who is too focused on creating new lives for his family to complain about the prejudice he encounters. I want these very human stories to play a large

Community Contemplation: Private Life vs. Public Life
photo by mbgrigby This blog has sat here in relative silence for the month of September, a silence that was largely prompted by a difficult time my family went through while I was visiting. I was lucky to be with my entire family during that period, and I found myself in a surreal headspace where thoughts became