TobyThe plane lands. The boat docks. The train whistles as it arrives at the station. You step off. Pause. Look around. Friends and loved ones wait […]
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Microadventure in Costa Rica: 3 Snippets of Daily Life
Whether I’m hopping continents or battling insects in my jungle house, life is always some kind of a wild ride… or a microadventure! These days, […]
Podcast: WERK for Peace Founding Organizer Firas Nasr talks Peaceful Protesting
Introducing (maybe): a new platform for all the podcast lovers in here! Last week I had the honor of speaking with WERK for Peace founding organizer (and […]
How Technology Could (Maybe) Create a Nu World
Everything you wanted to know about my new work with NuMundo and studies in Media and Peacebuilding… and then some. What will the internet age […]
It’s Not about Being Good—It’s about Being Bold
“It’s time to be bold, stand up, and share your art OUT LOUD.” Thus reads the event description for the open mic night I’m organizing this […]
Why I Don’t Care about International Relations
[Our] accomplishments do not make the Western paradigm exceptional or suggest in any way that it has or ought to have a monopoly on the […]
Pure Light, Pure Life: A Costa Rica Snapshot
At the edge of Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica, in 6 am light The light falling through my windows at 6 am cleans the sleep from my […]
On Growing Wings & The Value of Figuring It Out for Yourself
I have the clearest memory of asking my father for help tying my shoes. I was sitting on the bottom step of our unfinished basement—I […]
But Still: A Short Story on the Wisdom of Trust
“Trust no one,” the wise ones said. Deep-lined faces, milk eyes clouded with all the memories of all the misfortunes of all the ages, they hummed […]
How to be an Incorrigible Optimist, or, What I’m Doing in Costa Rica
“We are the crazy ones who choose to believe in peace,” he concluded. One sliver in a blurred progression of notable speakers and presentations that […]