On Sunday afternoon, due to the abundance of beautiful sun and cheap gas, Sarah and I randomly decided to go on a roadtrip to Duluth. We left after church, got there just before the sunset, saw the water and the lighthou…

I like to click back exactly one year on my blog to find out what life was like last time we passed this spot in our annual orbit of the sun. A year ago, I was in Africa. It was our first month there, and life was fill…

[this is the sixth time i've flown to minneapolis. for the first time, officially... i'm flying home.]

I'm not sure which culture has been most difficult adjustment: Africa, London, or Texas. After two days on the grey, cold streets of London, we find ourselves for a week in warm, humid Houston. And these have been good…

Did you say everything you could? / Do the things that you thought you would? Did it ever occur to you that this could be your final day? Did you go where you wanted to go? /Learn about what you wanted to know? …