
Appa came up with the idea last spring, as he realized our vacation plans were going astray and we would not get together with our […] Read More
A blog about and for multicultural families
Appa came up with the idea last spring, as he realized our vacation plans were going astray and we would not get together with our […] Read More
It happened yesterday morning. I was on my way to meeting Appa and Minette to pick a Christmas tree in that parking lot near St […] Read More
As France is entering its second coronavirus lockdown, along with several other European countries, there are even more reasons for my country to sink in […] Read More
Sometime at the very end of the 20th century I moved from Geneva, Switzerland to Almaty, Kazakhstan. It was my first leap into the “far […] Read More
Over the nearly seven years since Minette discovered that there is more to food than mere maternal milk (isn’t it funny the way some milestones […] Read More
I have lived long enough in the United States to know for a fact that Americanness is a many-faceted thing. Along with inspiring facets, disturbing […] Read More
Today we are celebrating India’s Independence Day. Appa‘s country was freed from British rule on August 15, 1947 at midnight. I always find it striking […] Read More
This year Minette has become an amateur and eager practitioner of literal jokes. It all began when my friend Tomoko gave her an Amelia Bedelia […] Read More
Today’s Bastille Day, France’s national day, or “le Quatorze Juillet” as we call it plainly in France. The reference to the Bastille prison that was […] Read More
So much is happening and shifting in the United States right now that merely keeping up seems like a full-time job. Like countless others I […] Read More