“Say yes to everything.” As an operating principle, this approach has worked out well for me. I said “yes” to helping an MA student in art history practice her English—and as a result was shown details on a tour of the old, walled city that I would have otherwise missed. Here, in the oft visited… Read More Immersion–part one

I read once, somewhere, that if you feel confused, you’re learning. I’ve been learning. In my dream life, I’ve been driving a car under water. Awake, I feel I walk around submerged. But coming back from Mészkő on Sunday evening, I felt at last within the landscape, present, with a clear, if limited, perception. I… Read More One Foot on the Ground