Quote for Today: Annie Dillard
I am no scientist. I explore the neighborhood. An infant who has just learned to hold up his head has a frank and forthright way of gazing about him …
Globe-trotting Travel Series #2: Storytime with John Sheirer, Northampton Massachusetts, USA
Globe-trotting Travel Series #2 takes us to the home of writer John Sheirer in Northampton, Massachusetts as he reads us one of his short stories, The First Five Pages, which …
Quote for Today: Jonathan Safran Foer
“It’s so hard to express yourself.” “I understand this.” “I want to express myself.” “The same is true for me.” “I’m looking for my voice.” “It’s in your mouth.” “I …
Quote for Today: Chinua Achebe
He knew that he had lost his place among the nine masked spirits who administered justice in the clan. He had lost the chance to lead his warlike clan against …
Quote for Today: Mother Teresa
Be kind in your actions. Do not think that you are the only one who can do efficient work, work worth showing. This makes you harsh in your judgment of …
Quote for Today: Jacquetta Hawkes
There is a danger, when thinking of the earliest civilized people, of putting too much emphasis on technology. One tends to assume that if you don’t have, at least, a …
Quote for Today: Milan Kundera
We don’t know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don’t understand our name at all, we don’t know its history and yet …
Restoring History: The Clock Tower of The Qishla of Baghdad
The Qishla, or fortress, of Baghdad was built by the Ottoman Empire in 1855 as a headquarters for their troops in the region. The tower contains one of the oldest …