So a year ago last week a staff reporter for the Portland Press Herald named Justin Ellis wrote a story about Liz and me and Dubai (see Portland Press Herald).

Ever since then Justin and I have kept in touch. In July I even guested on his "youth culture" blog at the Press Herald (see Another Site to Write).

Well, on Thursday Justin had a front page story in the Press Herald that I wanted to drop a link to. I thought it was clever and funny and poignant.

Here's Justin Ellis' "An aspiration no longer out of reach".