The Importance of Ritual

The Importance of Ritual

by | Dec 7, 2016 | Creativity, teaching, Writing

I have been thinking about rituals a lot lately. The holidays are fast upon us and that would be enough of a reason. This will be our first Christmas/Hanukah season with all four of our kids around us (our two sons and both their wives). That in itself calls for new...
From a Child of the Aftermath

From a Child of the Aftermath

by | Nov 15, 2016 | history, politics, teaching, Writing

T + 1 and counting….. It’s one week since the election of Donald Trump and I have been struggling to figure out what to do about it. I have tossed between hiding away from the world and all it’s connectivity, and wilfully diving down into the...

Adventures in Teaching

by | Oct 31, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, poetry, teaching, Writing

This past week, I traveled up to a small town called Samrong in Oder Meanchey Province, near the Thai border. To be honest, I was a bit nervous. I’ve been to remote places before to teach, and I really didn’t know what I would find. This has been a very...
Back East

Back East

by | Oct 20, 2016 | Cambodia, philanthropy, teaching, Uncategorized, Writing

I’m now back in Cambodia for a busy couple of weeks splitting my time between Writing Through and Anjali House. I can tell you that it’s a much longer trip to SE Asia from New York than it is from London. The jet lag was pretty intense, but after five days...

Does Spelling Count?

by | Oct 10, 2016 | teaching, Uncategorized, Writing

Isn’t that the question that every student asks? Well now for me it really does seem to matter in  a new way. Over the past quarter century I adopted the British way of spelling in most of my writing, and as someone whose stock in trade is words, that was...