Suspicious origins
I’ve sampled enough random plants in the woods to learn an important lesson: if it doesn’t taste good, don’t eat it. Just a small…
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The First Iraqi Tea
Please. Sit. He nodded toward me, motioned to a worn chair. Smiling, I quickly glanced at his wife and seven children, seated on or…
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We never traveled over bridges. It was too dark under their skin. The monsters wanted to attack. Instead, we floated in airplanes, propellers spinning…
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Border crossing
For two years, my daily commute included the international border crossing from Ciudád Juarez to El Paso, Texas, and back. I was a U.S….
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