Lalibela (ላሊበላ) is history and mystery frozen in stone, its soul alive with the rites and awe of Christianity at its most ancient and unbending. No matter what you’ve heard about Lalibela, no matter how many pictures you’ve seen of its breathtaking rock-hewn churches, nothing can prepare you for the reality of seeing it for yourself. It’s not only a World Heritage site, but truly a world wonder. Spending a night vigil here during one of the big religious festivals, when white-robed pilgrims in their hundreds crowd the courtyards of the churches, is to witness Christianity in its most raw and powerful form.

The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village with circular-shaped dwellings. Lalibela is a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion.

Since my time at St Marks when Tim Palmer introduced me to a bug eye Sprite and I drove an MGA at Cape Cod one summer, I have been fascinated by historic race cars and street sports cars.

I was the lucky winner of the L&M Cigarette jingle contest in 1961 during my Amherst freshman year with a brand new Austin Healey Sprite. Several years later, I sold the Sprite and purchased an Austin Healey 3000 from a farmer in Hadley. After putting a new set of Michelin tires and spark plugs in the car, I drove non stop to Bakersfield California to work in the oil fields for the summer.

Senior year, I drove the Healey To Sebring Florida and spent a week as a volunteer crew member for the Delmo Johnson Grand Sport Corvette team at the Sebring 12 hour race week. I totally wrecked the Healey the week following our graduation, and it was not until 2003 that I began 15 years of building and racing tribute race cars as a hobby with my son Bill who had started a race car garage after attending two years of community college. He has been my inspiration and a valued partner in a shared garage for the past 10 years.

Keeping cool during the summer can be a challenge for even the healthiest individuals. So, how do you manage it when you’re a cancer patient? Is there anything special you should do to cope with scorching outdoor temperatures if you’re in active cancer treatment?

Here are five things I tell my patients.

This is my dear friend Keith Murfee-DeConcini, actor, podcaster & disability advocate.

Keith Murfee-DeConcini has launched his podcast called Disability Empowerment Now.

This podcast is designed to address topics, such as social inclusion, employment, accessibility vs. inaccessibility, voting rights, and more. These topics are important to me because disability rights are civil rights and human rights, as well as an integral part of diversity.

The DEN podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Just "follow" or "subscribe" to Disability Empowerment Now.

In 2019, 22,677 of our neighbors were processed through Tucson Immigration Court, only 4,618 were able to hire a lawyer.

Of the 17,518 families, 10,861 would not have been torn apart if they were represented by a lawyer.

It is time to be in solidarity with our neighbors, our families, our community - ADELANTE UNIDOS!