Many times in life, we are called on to enliven our will. We need to “buck up” and strengthen ourselves from within. The dictionary defines the word enliven as “to make lively or... Read more >>

Welcome Back! It seems like just yesterday that I sat down at my computer to send my annual reflections and wish you and yours a happy New Year. Last year the mantra, “Letting Go in... Read more >>

Living in south Florida like I do, I get to Orlando every Labor Day weekend for a family visit revolving around my niece’s birthday. When you live by the coast, any coast, in Florida, going... Read more >>

Click here to learn more about Keep the Dance Alive and to view clips of the movie. JB: How difficult was it to gain the trust of Ovahimba people to begin this project? RS: The social obligation of... Read more >>

The Christmas tree came down this morning. And an odd, very mystical event passed. This was an event, unexplainable in any form. But it was witnessed and recorded by every member of our family. The... Read more >>

As part of an ethnographic study, filmmaker Rina Sherman, a protégé of Jean Rouch, lived with the Ovahimba people of northwest Namibia for seven years, documenting the flow of ordinary life. Watch this video >>

When I began studying men, I had no intention of learning anything about women, and I had no interest whatsoever in femininity. Little did I know I was about to be taught by the experts—men. Men... Read more >>

Don’t you just hate it when you get hit with something from out of left field that knocks the wind right out of your sail? I do. I especially hate it when I’m just minding my own business.... Read more >>