Word of the Day

Saudade, noun, Portuguese, pl. Saudades 1.  longing, yearning, ardent wish or desire 2.  homesickness, nostalgia.… Estou cada vez com mais saudade de voce = I miss you more and more every day. Meu coração tem…

Faces

I wrote last year of the ‘third way,’ and of the daily living being the test of sumud. It is a test I failed, perhaps because I didn’t have the kind of hope necessary for…

Photography as a Way of Life

for Oliver, Cami, and Julie Sebastião Salgado, From my Land to the Planet Contrasto, 2014   I first heard the name of Sebastião Salgado from Mev in the early 1990s.  She esteemed him more than any…

When Grades Are Everything

Dear Henry Once I had a student who was my age Shameeka Smith was in her second marriage Getting her BA And taking good care of herself She appreciated the class Because we wrote freely…

Leah and Wangari

In this morning’s class, we read the passages below from Wangari Maathai’s memoir, Unbowed. Leah then spoke about her country of Kenya and answered our many questions. She told us that when she was a…

Share the Wealth with Emma Shaw

Death is not the antithesis of life but rather the teacher of life. It has been my true honor to accompany individuals and families as they face the fear, pain, peace, and inevitability of saying…