by Abbey Huch | Dec 8, 2020 | Field Notes, Service, Winter 2021
Mark Twain wrote, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all...
by Abbey Huch | Dec 5, 2020 | Field Notes, Winter 2021
A boat takes off from Raiwasa Private Resort in Taveuni (Tourism Fiji) We met Krish by chance. My husband and I were visiting Taveuni, Fiji’s third-largest island, referred to by locals as the “garden island” because of how lush it is. The island has one main...
by Abbey Huch | Dec 5, 2020 | Field Notes, Insights, Winter 2021
To many people, Las Vegas is all about the Strip—the flashy neon lights, the crowded streets, and the jingling slot machines. But as a Las Vegas local, I know there is a world of beauty and adventure hidden just beyond the neon glow. Here’s your guide to Las Vegas’s...
by Abbey Huch | Dec 5, 2020 | Field Notes, Highway Highlight, Winter 2021
The first silkworm is said to have been discovered by the Chinese empress Leizu around 4000 BC when a silkworm’s cocoon fell into her teacup. The hot tea loosened the fibers, and Leizu was enchanted with the soft, strong thread as she wound it around her fingers. As...
by mtk96 | May 11, 2020 | Field Notes, Service, Spring 2020
In the summer of 2018, Olivia Tuttle and two fellow BYU students sat in the office of Sammy Ofosu, a district director of health with Ghana Health Service. He asked if he could begin the meeting with a hymn and a prayer. “He’s all about making an impact,” Tuttle said...
by mtk96 | May 5, 2020 | Field Notes, Profile, Spring 2020
If you could spend more than half of your year traveling, would you? Stephen Johnson would—and does. As an interior photographer, he’s away from his home in New York about 60 percent of the year taking photos of homes and buildings for interior designers, hotels, and...
