I’m posting this a day late because I was not home at any point on Sunday. You’ll read the reason why shortly. This post is about the weekends we’ve been having here, which have all had great events. Tomorrow, the LC group leaves for the Sahara, where we’ll be for for five days. My post […]
A Day in Marrakech
In the morning, as the morning’s first light can be seen, the muezzin calls: God is great! God is great! God is great! God is great! I bear witness that there is no god except the One God I bear witness that there is no god except the One God I bear witness that Muhammad […]
Greetings from New York
I’m writing this in between the two longer legs of this journey. Best thing I can think to do at this point is go all “Things They Carried,” so this post is dedicated to Tim O’Brien. With me now, in my carry-on, I have my laptop, laptop and cell-phone chargers, two spiral notebooks, one medical […]
One week out
Okay, so now I’m seven days away from taking off. This is also my first full day back in Portland, after being gone for a bit. Is now the time to panic? I feel a little like I should be panicking more, but mostly I’m just sitting around my house, reading. Remember that list I […]
2 weeks out
Two weeks from today, at 0630, I’ll be on a plane taking off from Portland International Airport. We’ll go to New York, then take a night flight to Paris, and finish with a 3 hour flight that lands in Casablanca, Morocco. Until then, I have to say goodbye to my family, say goodbye to my […]