when a typhoon hits the Philippines

This happens every November. I write for 31 days in October and then November comes and I have nothing to say. But then a typhoon hit the Philippines and I can’t stop thinking about the people. I think about walking through the streets of Manilla two springs ago...

a whisper for peru

I’m watching Survivor this season. (Okay, I watch it every season. Leave me alone). But this season, they’re competing in the Philippines. There was a challenge this week where they had to crawl through mud, then a pile of rice, then dig in more mud for...

she walks in beauty

When I left, my only expectation of myself was this: I will not close my eyes. And so I flew over a days worth away and went with eyes ready to see and hands ready to tell the stories. And knowing how crazy tired we were that week, it was a true miracle that the...