we did it again

west bank: a palestinian schoolboy runs through a sewage drain to pass under Israel's separation barrier. photograph: david silverman/getty images

if you want to catch something..

..running after it isn't always the best way Lois McMaster Bujold, "Borders of Infinity", 1989 .

(a palestinian student walks through a flooded water pipe underneath a section of israel's separation barrier between jerusalem and a-ram, a west bank suburb of the city)

les coulisses

now, you know the way to get out..

prayers

prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence. ~ oscar wilde

the difference

the difference between school and life? in school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. in life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson

keep your eyes on the beloved

prowling, kabul