

The End of the Year as we Know It
(Friday morning sunrise in Izmail) On Friday morning, Dec 29, The Russian Federation launched about 110 missiles at Ukraine. Maternity...


The Ukrainian Flag
At our Winter retreat, UKRAINIAN families presented This Child Here with the Ukrainian flag. These are the words they wrote on it....


Bound for College
Every child deserves a life grounded in dignity and peace - this is our motto. Since the beginning of the war, children from Ukraine have...


"You can hear it coming."
Russians have been firing drones at the port city of Izmail, Ukraine. Our Program Manager, Olya Balaban and I sat against a wall,...


The War Comes to Us in Izmail, Ukraine
.....The first drones hit at about 0245 this morning: two blasts shook the insulated windows. I heard footsteps and people shouting in...


A Perfect Portrait
Now and then photographers take a picture that stands out in honesty, clarity, and composition. Clarity and composition can be judged by...


OP-ED in the Asheville Citizen Times. JUNE 20, 2023
I recently submitted an op-ed piece to the Asheville Citizen Times (North Carolina). They included it in the Sunday, June 18 edition. ...


Latest Schedule for Spring 2023. MARCH 30, 2023
Here is where I will be. Email me if you would like to meet for a drink, meal, or coffee, or host an evening for friends and talk about...


Some things I am looking for ....
I would like to talk to a journalist. The news is full of stories of the war, (and women are also in the army). But I want to tell the...


Immediacy of Hope
Robert Gamble, This Child Here We don't have electricity, but we have light. There is no connection, but there is communication, and we...