This is an excerpt from my journal entry I wrote on the plane from Düsseldorf to the USA... Yesterday was the last day of school. My second last day of a school as a teacher, though I can say I've had three. I cannot believe I am where I am - starting this school year, …

“Are you not scared of the world?”

I was asked by the man checking tickets to climb the city walls of Dubrovnik if I'm scared of the world, after learning that I'm an American traveling by myself. People were recently arrested in Germany for plotting a terrorist attack in my new home town. Yes I am scared of the world. But no …