As a farewell tour of Pakistan, we visit the northern mountains once more for two weeks of hiking, camping, and severe beauty.

Though this visit to Burundi lasted only for the month of March, not long enough to really focus on photography, I did get some shots around the capital, Bujumbura, that show something of the place and its people.

Bujumbura: the name has a nice ring to it, and the city even nicer lake-side beaches.  Yet Burundi, of which Bujumbura is the capital, is a fractured country in need of ethnic healing, economic development, and political stability.  After a weighty February for us, a temporary sojourn in Africa puts Jules and I in this beautiful country long enough to get a feel for the place.

Some lines from my poetic experience as a US expatriate in Pakistan.

During March and April 2007 I had a run of columns published in Dawn - a Pakistani English-language newspaper - one a week in their Saturday edition.  They were short pieces featuring something I found interesting about Islamabad life and accompanied by an original photo.  Inside you can find all eight of these slices of Pakistani life.

Some lines from my experience as a white man in Kenilworth, DC.

Download an electronic version of the popular booklet, Kenilworth: A DC Neighborhood By the Anacostia River, and read a summary of this grant- and community-funded project.

"What's the son of an Amish-Mennonite reverend doing in Kenilworth Courts?  Going after kiddie car thieves."

Cover story I wrote for the Nov. 17, 2006 edition of the Washington City Paper, DC's alternative weekly.  Lots of street-level action of my activism combating the spike in stolen auto joyriding in Kenilworth 2003 - 2006, with parallels to my father's experience in Kenilworth.

Growing up in the urban black culture of Kenilworth, my siblings and I looked like rural Amish Mennonites but didn't always talk that way.

Some thoughts on writing as work, and the attitude toward work passed down to me by my father (a preacher) and grandfather (a farmer).  Published in Divided City , spring 2006.

These found object shadowboxes feature objects I picked up off the ground in Kenilworth and other local areas.  It's amazing the trash you see when you're looking for it, and what fun you can have with hot glue...

Art that reflects a choice toward peace and community wholeness, including some protest signs, a pile of stuffed animals, and some graffiti modifications.