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These shell fragments are of the oyster Praeexogyra hebridica var. elongata, and I picked them up long ago from a remarkable unit made almost entirely of them. It is the Elongata Bed at the base of the Frome Clay (Middle … Continue reading →

“Welcome home,” said the porter as he brought our stored luggage into the hotel room in Amman upon our return. This simple greeting seemed to hold particular weight given the great questions of what is ‘home’ that arose on this … Continue reading →

It is a 20-minute video, yes. But if you watch it you’ll know what I mean by the following question: Are you a one-buttock player?

Here is a post from the other intern working with Community Greenhouse Partners in inner-city Cleveland, Zach Sheehan.  (Click here to read the first post from Adam Donnelly). * * * * * * * For the past month I … Continue reading →

I can’t believe how quickly June has flown by; camp will be here any minute now! We just mailed out the general letter, so you’ll hopefully be getting your hands on that soon.  It should answer many questions regarding housing, computer … Continue reading →

When we arrived in the West Bank on Sunday, our guide – the utterly inimitable Yahav – greeted us in this way: Welcome to…I don’t know how to finish that sentence. You may have noticed that there is no welcome … Continue reading →

I’m sitting here in the lobby of the Golden Walls hotel in Jerusalem, beside windows that look out at the walls of the Old City, and perhaps it sounds strange but I feel like I’ve roamed a place I’ve read … Continue reading →

By Parisa Ahmadi ..Still, I understood... What is the balance in being pragmatic about the distribution of resources while giving respect and value to communities various ways of living? When is social change “natural” and “good”, and when is it unnatural and forced? Continue reading →

As a newcomer to these issues, to me, there seemed to be underlying contradictions in the discourses of the various speakers in Amman, Jordan. On the one hand, speakers were saying that the road map for the two-state solution is … Continue reading →

This long and weathered tusk sits in a display case outside my office. It is from the American Mastodon (Mammut americanum) and was found many decades ago in Holmes County, just south of Wooster. A tooth found with it was … Continue reading →