Rocking My Brain
Playing the piano makes me feel so alive. Now I know why. This graphic shows how many parts of your brain playing …
Scotland Travels
Dornoch is a small village in northern Scotland that has become very dear to us over the last fifteen years. When I …
Agents of Change
Over the last two years, I have become acquainted with brave women and men in earlier times who widened opportunities for all …
Shooting Kabul
This book is not about our army in Afghanistan, but about the power of photography to express emotions and bring people together. …
North Texas Treasures
North Texas is a land of treasures for me: the Stockyards and The Modern Museum of Art in Fort Worth; Chaska House …
Cambridge Science Festival
Many cities have Art or Music Festivals; Cambridge Massachusetts has a Science Festival each spring during the week that school kids are …
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
My first view of King David’s City was from Mount Scopus, near Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center. Our Guide, Revi Shnaider, who …
Near East Discoveries, Part 1
The Near East is full of treasures: oil, frankincense, jewelry, World Heritage sites, palm trees, camels, dates. I found all these and …
Master of Adjustment
“If a man does not master his circumstances, then he is bound to be mastered by them.” That was the advice Alexander …
Whistling Vivaldi
Claude Steele‘s book, Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do was sent me by the Rice Annual Fund …