Monthly Archives: November 2006

OK, since Thursday you have consumed more food than will be eaten in the Sudan between now and Valentine’s Day, you have watched 19 hours of people you will never meet playing football, and your exercise has consisted entirely of … Continue reading →

Close your eyes and take a slow, luxuriant breath. Savor the aroma from the pumpkin pie. The smell of the turkey in the oven. Mother, or Grandmother maybe, is singing a familiar hymn softly to herself as she fills a … Continue reading →

It’s a testimony to how disturbing things are in the political arena that three people in the past month have asked me if I would ever run for a public office. What, in their opinions, made me a desirable candidate? … Continue reading →