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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe

When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...

This dude I met on the street

I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...

Four Days in Jujuy

My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...

A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)

1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...

Welfare States

Analyzing the positive and negative effects of governmental policies.

Island hopping

As part of my program here in the Galápgos, between modules three and four, we go on an "island hopping" trip, meaning we take...

Episode 4: Blurry Lines Between the Impossible, Improbable and Impermissible

Why do some kids blindly accept that an obese old man can easily slide down their chimney, but refuse to believe that they should...

Honored, PRECIOUS, Loved: On Hosea and the heresy of slutshaming

Part 2: Precious “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine…you are precious in my eyes, and...

Dorm Living vs. Living at Home

College, from my perspective, is a physical and emotional adjustment that can vary depending on the individual’s situation. I have encountered some students who...

Rediscovering my Love of Swimming

Living near the coast for nearly my entire life has made the ocean central to who I am. Coming to the Galápagos islands was...

Central Bankers

Taking a look at the policy of central bankers.

HONORED, Precious, Loved: On Boaz and the heresy of friendzoned entitlement

Part 1: Honored “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine…you are precious in my eyes, and...