Other roads.
He jabbed my arm. It wasn’t like it hurt or anything. But there was no mistaking it.
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- Apr 24, 2021
- 4 min
What is seen and what is not.
He lives thousands of miles away, and we've never met.
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- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
A friendly visit.
On the surface at least, all was what it seemed like it needed to be.
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- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
A sturdy guard and an open door.
The guard waved to sit beside him. Dust motes joined us.
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- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
Greater utterances.
He shambles toward the coat nook at the back, uttering the name of God the whole way.
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- Feb 22, 2021
- 4 min
Genghis Khan and velvet ropes.
Anyway, all that to say, conjuring up precise features of what people look like has never been a strength.
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- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
The cheetah and the gazelle.
These sorts of ideas could keep physicists, ethicists, and theologians discussing (and cussing) for years.
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- Feb 6, 2021
- 5 min
To whom the rapacious yield in contrition*
As a Turkish friend once said about deal-making, “I eat. You eat. We are all happy.”
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- Jan 31, 2021
- 2 min
A moral compass.
There are monkeys and snakes, too, most of them disguised as men.
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- Jan 24, 2021
- 3 min
The thieves of Makkah.
One of the men was there to pray. The other was there to prey.
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- Jan 22, 2021
- 4 min
A pizza, a well, and some ajwa dates.
Ahhh, pizza. Pizza is comfort food, and the mere word was immediately gratifying.
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- Jan 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Location of Gravity.
But it was sincere. And they knew that. And they loved that. And I loved them. Still do.
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- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
A ceiling in Salalah.
At some point, all that's left is a contented desperation. Or is it a desperate contentment?
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- Dec 26, 2020
- 3 min
Ill-fitting shoes.
...traveling with a group has the potential to rub a blister, no matter how carefully one steps.
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- Dec 25, 2020
- 3 min
Oud and enchanted friends.
It's powerful and has the potential to offend powerfully. But for those who love it, it is powerfully enchanting.
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- Dec 20, 2020
- 2 min
A Methodist, a Muslim, a library, a prison.
The second floor of a Baptist church may seem an unexpected place for someone to start down the path of Islam.
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- Dec 15, 2020
- 3 min
A garden unfolding.
There are days when the heart craves a word from him, any word.
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