Stories from Around the World

Travel Journal & Pictures

The greatest single adventure of my life — a three-day bwiti initiation deep in the forests of Gabon.

Guide

When I walked through Palestine in 2018 it was wonderful. If you've ever wondered where Jesus walked, this will give you some clues.

Photo Essay

I made this page in 2014, with a 2025 update — useful for people considering going.

A Cambodian refugee's story from 1981

This story was widely distributed to American resettlment agencies in the early 1980s.

Portrait & Remembrance

From 1950 until the 1990s, a Danish savant lived on isolated islands in the South Pacific. I knew him well — this is my remembrance.

Travel Journal & Pictures

A travel journal with pictures from across India in 2010.

Photo Essay

A photo essay exploring the lives of those who gather at one of Buddhism's most sacred sites.

Stories & Resources

A psychologically healing plant that grows in South America. Stories of some wonderful and strange experiences.

Field Report

I worked briefly but intensely with deminers clearing unexploded ordnance in Laos.  

Personal Essay & Film

If you haven't written about your parents yet, maybe this will inspire you. There is also a little movie about my father's life.

History

This family company sold coaches from 1831 until 1925 — a remarkable piece of American transportation history.

Memoir & Letters

I was the first person in my small town to speak out against the Iraq War. The locals wanted to hang me.

Archive (PDF)

My grandfather found 67 Native American points (arrowheads) on his farm east of Ravenna, Ohio. View the complete collection.