January 22, 2024 Grant County, Kansas I used to know Death differently. Death was an end; a scary, unknown ending of life. Helplessly...

Grant County, Kansas I’ll spare you the details, but there’s a story here: She was the same age as us, which was the age when one has...

November 26, 2023 Grant County, Kansas 6 months later, I haven't forgetten. I think about you every day. I've been reaching out in my...

A king calls you into his palace to present you with a gift you did nothing to deserve. The king is funny that way. He leads you down a...

Written in 2022 in Bangladesh (For Tuli, my little neighbor and playmate.) “Long ago, before you or I or anyone else you know was born, a...

I love old people. I hope they don’t mind if I call them that. They call themselves that after all. When one wheelchair was moved to be...

September 11, 2023 Grant County, Kansas On this day two years ago, I left the U.S. to live with people I had never met in a country I’d...

June 2, 2023 1579 N Rd V Ulysses, Kansas, USA I turned 23 on May 9th. Ever since Christmas, Lisa had been talking about taking all of our...

May 8, 2023 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh They were bent low beneath the glaring sun. The saree-clad backs of my...

April 14, 2023 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh The sun bared down upon our backs as we walked to the riverside....

March 23, 2023 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh “Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar (God is great,...

February 25, 2023 Choyghoria, Batiaghata District Khulna, Bangladesh February began with revivals. Neil and Ang Brubaker, our field...

January 25, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata District Khulna, Bangladesh Ok. I guess it’s time to stop procrastinating and start writing down...

January 19, 2023 Choyghoria, Bataighata District Khulna, Bangladesh Before we get started: yes, I am aware that my family came to visit...

December 23, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh I don’t remember the first time I saw one. It must have been on one...

November 21, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh Prologue As Lisa and I sat across the table from each other tapping...

October 17, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh I don’t feel like cleaning, so I’ve sat down to write a letter...

September 11, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh Bangladesh people are nothing if not brutally honest, especially...

August 25, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata District Khulna, Bangladesh “Salaam alaikum” “Alaikum salaam” I muttered the Arabic greeting back...

July 28, 2022 Choyghoria, Batiaghata, District Khulna, Bangladesh Last time I wrote, Miss Trish and I were still in Rajshahi. One...