by Claire A. Williams and Lara Vogel – USA/Kenya – It all started with a note passed through the kitchen window. We were instructed to look at it, and then “repeat for me later.” Dutifully, we read: “I [greet] you. …

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by Claire A. Williams – USA/Kenya – For my first marathon, I trained in cotton socks. I didn’t know better, and four months of blood blisters punished me for this oversight. My shoes were old, and I never measured the …

Hope Runs: Training Kenyan AIDS Orphans for the Mt. Kilimanjaro Marathon Read more »

By Claire A. Williams, – USA – Because I over-think everything, when I see something particularly sad, it can sometimes take me forever to keep it from flashing through my mind at random, unwelcome moments. I still remember the dog …

Cairo’s Garbage City Read more »