Eighty Years Ago Today, A Volcano was Born…

On February 20, 1943, in the central Mexican region of Michoacán, a volcano was born in a cornfield. When you visit the volcano today, it looks like most other hills—sitting quietly, acting as if it had always been there. Look closer, and you can see it’s streaked brown and black, while the rest of the …

A Return Trip to East Africa

What does it mean to go back to a place? I’ve been back a month now from my last big international travels, a month-long trip to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The trip was spurred by the fact I knew I needed to get the stories of African volcanoes into my current book project. It was …