Something that doesn’t get as much attention as it should is that learning another language can end up pushing us to the very edge of what we know and who […]
The Voices of Children
I want to tell you a little more about my upcoming free webinar with teacher and author Komathy Caandeepan. One of my favorite verses from the classical Tamil masterpiece on […]
Reading as Hospitality
In a world that feels ever more fragmented and contentious, I keep returning to what I see as one of the most powerful practices of peace that we have: the […]
Prosody and Healing
I wanted to add a note to what I wrote earlier this month about prosody, the music of meaning that can enter our own voices when we speak what is […]
The Singing of One Who Knows
A few weeks back, I wrote about what I called the music of meaning–what makes writing memorable and moving. (If you didn’t have a chance to look at it then, […]
Flower Picking
Whenever I return to the South Indian village of Valayapatti, where I first learned to speak Tamil and to which I’ve been connected for more than a quarter century, I […]
The Same Leaf
I recently returned from a trip to Tamil Nadu, India, where, among other things, I was interviewed on Sun TV. It’s the highest-profile interview I’ve been invited to give so […]
Howard Thurman and What is True
I’ve been fascinated to be learning more about Howard Thurman, one of the first African-American civil rights leaders to meet Gandhi. He’s been on my mind as I explore the […]