Holley Graded School gathering features past, present, futureBy Katherine CassidyMar 7, 2022Mar 7, 2022
Everything You Need to Know About Me Is On FacebookFacebook is my go-to app, obviously.Jan 6, 2021Jan 6, 2021
My Life According to the NumbersMeasuring me, every day, may seem obsessive. But, it works.Jan 5, 2021Jan 5, 2021
The Power of Connecting, Every DaySoon, connecting with others will be normal again.Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
About That First Monday in January: You Ready?Why it’s more meaningful to me than the first day in January.Jan 3, 2021Jan 3, 2021
Celebrating Six New People in My LifeMeeting others and making new friends wasn’t as easy in 2020 as it usually is. Covid restrictions kept us home, remember? But here are the…Jan 1, 2021Jan 1, 2021
My new go-to in this time of emergency: Panera CoffeeLow-cost coffee daily for a lifelong coffee drinker? I’m on it.Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
He Got Married Yesterday. Just Not to Me.Breakups happen. Maybe this is what it takes to get over him.Dec 23, 2019Dec 23, 2019
My Minimalist Christmas: It’s Not What You ThinkSo this is Christmas, John Lennon sings.Dec 21, 2019Dec 21, 2019
“You Can See How I Am Now”In early December in Uganda, a road accident left Boniface with two crushed arms. Today, he faces a life with no hands.Dec 13, 2019Dec 13, 2019
How will he manage with no hands?For 35 years, Boniface was the bellhop at a popular hotel in Kampala, Uganda. His hands were everything. Until last week, when a bus…Dec 8, 2019Dec 8, 2019
This is how we talk about ourselvesEspecially when our audience features the First Lady of Sierra Leone.Dec 7, 2019Dec 7, 2019
How malaria forced me to revisit my valuesTwo weeks ago, “the deadliest strain of malaria” filled my body — plasmodium falciparum.Dec 1, 2019Dec 1, 2019
Resilience on Valentine’s Day: How a Village Found Love AgainDevastated by Ebola, the people of Malal, Sierra Leone, realized they could laugh and love again, starting February 14, 2018.Feb 3, 2019Feb 3, 2019
When a security guard writes his thoughts for the first timeI gave my security guard in Sierra Leone a notebook and a pen. What he wrote that night was astonishing.Jan 20, 2019Jan 20, 2019
How waiting two months for a cup of coffee was the best thing I didWaiting two months for a cup of fresh, steaming, brewed coffee wasn’t just the best thing I did, since September. It was the only thing I…Jan 5, 2019Jan 5, 2019
It’s Personal: My 10 Most Amazing Experiences of 2018!We have 365 chances to make a single day great. Here’s how I did that, 10 times over.Jan 3, 2019Jan 3, 2019
No More Filthy Streets? An Encouraging ThoughtIn Sierra Leone, the new president declared a National Cleaning Day Exercise for Saturday, 5 May. Everybody loved the experience. Until it…May 6, 2018May 6, 2018