[This is the permanent page for my favorite stories]
Stories about Montana & Family
- White-Trash Garlic Bread
- Stealing Easter
- A Lasting Gift
- The Last Road Trip: Eulogy for My Father
- Stealing in Seattle
- Before I Was Born, You Knew Me
- Goodbye, Dear Feline Friends
- Photo Finish
- Dog Bones & Relationships
Stories about Ripon College & Work
Stories about Turkey and Uzbekistan
- Turkey: Coming Home (life as a high school exchange student to a small town in Turkey, returning 8 times over the years)
- Travel to Turkey: Explore Istanbul and the Rest of Turkey (6 stories written for work using most of my own photos, and based on my experiences in Turkey)
- Welcome to Seattle, Journalists From Uzbekistan! (a fun Saturday with the Uzbek team)
- Lovin’ Uzbekistan! (returning to my Silk Road haunts)
- Seasick: The Explosion of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan (excerpted from my longer 2009 global health article and presentation)
Ubiquitous onion domes of Moscow, Russia
Photo credit: Helen Holter
Stories about Russia & U.S.S.R.
- Sent to Siberia (w/videos) (my employer sent me to Siberia – truly a reward, not a punishment!)
- Moscow in Photos: Why I Love Russia’s Red Square and Kremlin (w/video) (written for work, yet still a favorite)
- Russia: Winds of Change (originally published as a front-page travel section package in the Seattle Times)
- Russia Keeps Calling (originally published as a front-page travel section package in the Seattle Times)
- Some Things Never Change (originally published in the Seattle Times at Christmastime)
- Russia’s Soup Kitchens (originally published in the Seattle Times)