Steps

I am old enough to remember segregated restaurants and bathrooms in the South.  I was dumbstruck at the time.  My mother’s response...

Walking into the dark and well-used alleys of the Meena Fruit and Vegetable Markets is a step into a different...

There is a quiet stillness in the morning that I have come to associate with the Emirates.  Being up just before...

For the first time in a very long time, I watched a live American Football game.  Grass, two teams, the sounds...

It had been a long day.  With the positive conversations, progress made, and indicators of future success, one might think I...

The empty table, temperature, and timing were perfectly aligned for a long afternoon’s conversation with friends.  Memories and visions mix the...

I stood in the shadows, waiting.  The day had been productive.  It was good to reflect on progress as well as the...

A Dubai parking sign stood silently ignored.  I stood in the shade next to it, aware for the first time that...

Walking is an opportunity to reflect and observe, in either order.  On this occasion, it was well into the evening.  Everything around...

As I walked on the lower level of Abu Dhabi Global Markets, I discovered emergency phones on the large pillars...