It is difficult to describe the effect the stray cats have on you; they’re ubiquitous in Marrakech — in part, perhaps, because of the open dumpster system of trash collection. They tend to live in groups near the trash collection sites. They are in variable states of health, and you hear them arguing and fighting […]
Four Adventures
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 […]
Moroccan Bound
It is currently 7:30AM and I am aboard the plane heading to NYC. Tomorrow afternoon I will land in Casablanca and I have absolutely no idea what will happen. A surreal feeling washed over me as I took my obligatory picture of the infamous PDX infamous carpet and the moment began to sink in. When […]