Interfaith Conference recap
Rochester, NY 11:11 AM I was asked to write a recap of the interfaith conference I attended June 23 – 25. Here is the article for Nazareth College’s Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue blog that covers the Sacred Texts and Human Contexts conference. It was very interesting. http://blogs.naz.edu/shafiq/2013/07/sacred-texts-and-human-contexts-conference.html
Read MoreParents Road Trip
Fredericksburg, VA 9:43 PM My computer and I are at the back corner of the hotel bar. Captain and Coke is our companion. A few guests of different age ranges are milling about. My parents are at the room getting ready for bed. A platinum blonde woman has looked over at me a few times haha. As we get older, life gets faster. For me, that means the opportunity to spend quality time with my parents has gone down. I currently live in the same city as them, so we usually have Sunday dinner. I may see them once more during the week. And we are always together over the holidays. But I don’t get...
Read MoreA good blip…
Rochester, NY 11:25 PM It’s been a busy day (two interviews to start and end the day, and emails along with phone calls). My brain is full and I’m tired (but I’m typing). I had a breakfast interview with a friend of mine from high school. It was very interesting to talk with him. Back in the day we ran in similar, but not the same, circles. He isn’t someone I’ve stayed in contact with on a routine basis over the years, but he is someone I was always glad to see when I’d bump into him. I didn’t know much about his life since high school other than what I heard from mutual...
Read MoreGo time
Rochester, NY 10:20 AM The time is now. Today is the day. I’m about to unveil the book website (and video) to my network as well as the Facebook and Twitter world. Sharing new ideas and projects is incredibly exciting, but also a little nerve-wracking. It’s January 31, 2013. Let’s see what kind of ripple we can make.
Read MoreBye for now
Charlotte, NC 8:02 AM Being a traveler, the starts to a visit are always filled with such anticipation, excitement and potential. The end of the trip always brings the downer of saying goodbye (today I have to return the rental car [VW Passat = nice] and catch my return flight). Charlotte has been great. I spent a lot of time with my aunt, uncle, cousin and his two girls. We went bowling (I rolled one game = sub 100 = frustration), chowed down on an awesome dim sum feast and I even stepped out of my comfort zone to take on one of the girls in Just Dance on the Wii (she won – and they posted...
Read More