Quote for Today: Michelle Peñaloza
I can believe almost anything- that we began as thoughts an ocean away carried as seeds or smog or trash across the water by capital by will by God …
Quote for Today: Matsuo Bashō
The sun and the moon are eternal voyagers; the years that come and go are travelers too. For those whose lives float away on boats, for those who greet old …
Quote for Today: Jose Antonio Vargas
There are an estimated 258 million migrants around the world, and many of us are migrating to countries that previously colonized and imperialized us. We have a human right to …
Quote for Today: Ali Smith
Fear is one of my belongings. Fear will always be a part of any belonging, anywhere, that I ever go, for the rest of my life. I fought hard, to …
Quote for Today: Ari Berk
In life, a person will come and go from many homes. We may leave a house, a town, a room, but that does not mean those places leave us. …
Quote for Today: Mohsin Hamid
Maybe we are all prospective migrants. The lines of national borders on maps are artificial constructs, as unnatural to us as they are to birds flying overhead. Our …
Quote for Today: Beryl Markham
I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried deep, leave it any way except …
Carrying Home: The Work of Do-ho Suh
Our experience of home deepens and changes with time. Does moving away from our roots help us understand them better? Do-ho Suh grew up fascinated by the sea. His dream was …
Quote for Today: Stephen King
The wind makes you ache in some place that is deeper than your bones. It may be that it touches something old in the human soul, a chord of race …
TrekWest Crosses the Border in Arizona: Raising Awareness for Wildlife
In late January, John Davis, a conservationist and explorer, began a 5,000 mile journey from Hermosillo, Mexico to Fernie, Canada. He is hiking, cycling and paddling this route to document …