Mar 9, 2026
I am just a little bit behind again with my posts… but I didn’t want to let this special trip escape notice. I got to go back to Alaska in October, 2025. My family has decades-long connections to Alaska, and I’ve visited at least every few years like...
Nov 5, 2025
Ramon and I went to the Spanish Pyrenees for a bit of a summer respite. It was so hot in Madrid in August… going to the mountains was like a dip in a cool lake. Ramon has history with this place – he learned mountain rescue in the area, which you’ll...
Aug 29, 2025
It takes time to arrive at the Isle of Skye, so it makes sense I needed a bit more time to write about the experience. My friend, Andy, met me in Edinburgh and we took the train north, to Inverness, and then on to Kyle of Lochalsh, alongside the bridge to Skye, in the...
Jul 1, 2025
When USAID was being dismantled in February, and the extent of my predicament becoming clearer and deeper, I came across an announcement for the UK Evaluation Society annual conference in Glasgow. I signed up, almost on impulse, thinking that I could reestablish...
Apr 21, 2025
What’s your name? What’s your identity? Как Вас зовут? Russian class was offered at our rival high school. I had to bus there and back each day and eat my lunch in transit. That didn’t deter me. The teacher was great and loved my enthusiasm for the...
Apr 21, 2025
If you’re reading a lot of LinkedIn right now, as I am, you might think a rethink is in order. You’d be in good company. Lauren Kaplan’s LinkedIn post titled “Rethinking Foreign Aid in Africa: Between Dependency and Development” asks a pressing question:...
