A Question that Makes Small Talk a Big Chore, Washington Post, 7/6/19

Caroline Kitchener who writes for the Washington Post publication The Lily had a piece published on July 6 that deals with a topic I’ve often wrestled with: How to deal with the question: “What do you do?” This seems to be the quintessential way that Americans introduce themselves. It’s not as popular in Europe andContinueContinue reading “A Question that Makes Small Talk a Big Chore, Washington Post, 7/6/19”

Visit to Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, 6/30/19

In the course of traveling, I often visit peace museums and other monuments that focus on peacebuilding. The last two weeks, I’ve been traveling with my family in South Korea and Japan. We spent most of our time in Seoul, visiting with our daughter who was engaged in study abroad at Yonsei University this pastContinueContinue reading “Visit to Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University, 6/30/19”