A Delight With Terror In It

When I was 19 years old, my father's colleague secured a last-minute seat for me on a small United Nations plane heading from Nairobi to...

Eliora has been growing her hair long for over a year now, and hopes that it might one day reach to her waist. So I had good reason to bel...

"You deliver like a Hopi woman." This is one of the greatest compliments I ever received. It came from a Hopi nurse, and was gi...

Road to the Hopi mesas When Luke and I got married in June 2000, we were wildly in love with each other and eager to begin a life and s...

Last month, Luke and I stayed in downtown Seattle for a few days. He attended a conference, and I was gifted with much-needed time to walk...

These photos depict an extremely steep, icy sledding run with a sharp curve at the bottom.  I wish there was more indication of the speed at...

In this house, we're used to the tooth fairy being a little delayed.  She does, after all, fly all over the world.  It's reasonable ...